{"id":3719,"date":"2018-11-02T18:54:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T17:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3719"},"modified":"2018-11-02T19:09:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T18:09:09","slug":"n7-half-height-coal-bars-on-the-rear-of-the-cab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3719","title":{"rendered":"N7 Half Height Coal Bars on the Rear of the Cab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-redactor=\"1\">One of the more difficult aspects of the refurbishment of the N7 in my mind was the half height coal bars on the rear windows of the cab and I had been wracking my brains as to the best method of drilling the rear of the cab in situ to get the holes both in a line and equally spaced while not being able to get the drill bit at 90 degrees to the workpiece.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">At the same time I was also struggling from the photos that I had to work out just how many bars there are as luck would have it a bit of web surfing turned up a partial shot of the back of the cab back of the preserved engine\u00a0 and this a is a further snip of that showing my get out of jail free card<\/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=3716\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3716\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3716\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/N7-Window-Coal-bars.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">This meant that I could make them off the loco and fit them as a single unit. Some time later making best use of the Proxxon mini drill and coordinate table, had me with two pairs of strips each with 9 x 0.5mm holes 1.2mm apart. The eagle eyed will also note that I have put additional holes in each end for the retaining bolts.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">Before packing it in for the night I had the first one soldered up ready for fitting.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3717\" style=\"width: 1542px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3717\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3717\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3717\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1532\" height=\"1147\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0365.jpg 1532w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0365-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0365-768x575.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0365-1024x767.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0365-401x300.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1532px) 100vw, 1532px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">N7\/3 Scratch Built Rear Window Half Coal Bars<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3718\" style=\"width: 1250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3718\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3718\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3718\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3718\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1240\" height=\"1044\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0367.jpg 1240w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0367-300x253.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0367-768x647.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0367-1024x862.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0367-356x300.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">N7\/3 Scratch Built Rear Window Half Coal Bars<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">I just need to do the other and then I think that I have broken the back of the difficult bits so I will return to the J6 until the rest of the parts orders arrive.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the more difficult aspects of the refurbishment of the N7 in my mind was the half height coal bars on the rear windows of the cab and I had been wracking my brains as to the best method &hellip; 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