{"id":3697,"date":"2018-10-25T22:23:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T21:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3697"},"modified":"2018-10-25T22:23:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T21:23:29","slug":"connoisseur-models-n7-rebuild-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3697","title":{"rendered":"Connoisseur Models N7 Rebuild\/Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-redactor=\"1\">This one is a little different for me, the gent that I am building the J6 for is building a layout based on Hitchen in the late 1950&#8217;s\/early 1960&#8217;s and N7&#8217;s were there a plenty. He has several N7\/5&#8217;s but needed at least one N7\/3 so he bought one already built from Ellis via eBAY.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">It&#8217;s lacking some detail and has some that needs to be removed.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">The photos below are as it came to me and are copyright of my customer and used here with his permission.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3707\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3707\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/69602-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"898\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/69602-1.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/69602-1-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/69602-1-768x431.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/69602-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/69602-1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3706\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3706\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/69602-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1273\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/69602-2.jpg 1273w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/69602-2-300x154.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/69602-2-768x395.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/69602-2-1024x527.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/69602-2-500x257.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1273px) 100vw, 1273px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">It&#8217;s new identity is to be 69618 and I am working to a supplied photo of the engine as at 23rd May 1959<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">So far this is what I have observed needs to be done:<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Window guards to rear cab &#8211; half height of windows<\/li>\n<li>Condensing pipes\u00a0 &#8211; remove<\/li>\n<li>Safety valves, remove base and refit\/replace<\/li>\n<li>Vacuum ejector pipe \u2013 boiler to cab<\/li>\n<li>Remove valve from dome<\/li>\n<li>Hinge on smoke box door<\/li>\n<li>Move lamp iron from top of boiler to smokebox door<\/li>\n<li>Step on Piano front<\/li>\n<li>Knobs on Piano front<\/li>\n<li>Oilers under smoke box door \u2013 either side<\/li>\n<li>Steps on tank fronts<\/li>\n<li>Plate in coal rails<\/li>\n<li>Glaze cab<\/li>\n<li>Reversing lever and fittings under boiler to help disguise worm gear from motor<\/li>\n<li>Move steps from outside of valance to where they should be.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">Before going on holiday 3 weeks ago I bought 10 bottles of nail varnish remover from Wilkinsons (Wilcos) and left the body to soak in it while I was away.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">Quite a few bits dropped off and others were coaxed to release their grip followed a scrub with Bar Keepers Friend got it to a point where I was able to use the microflame to remove other parts<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3699\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3699\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3699\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3699\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0310.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0310-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0310-768x460.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0310-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">N7 Rebuild &#8211; strip down<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3700\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3700\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3700\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0318.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"974\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0318.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0318-300x285.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0318-768x731.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0318-315x300.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">N7 Rebuild &#8211; strip down<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one is a little different for me, the gent that I am building the J6 for is building a layout based on Hitchen in the late 1950&#8217;s\/early 1960&#8217;s and N7&#8217;s were there a plenty. He has several N7\/5&#8217;s but &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3697\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connoisseur-n7-upgrade-rebuild"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3708,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697\/revisions\/3708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}