{"id":3760,"date":"2018-11-20T19:23:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T18:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3760"},"modified":"2018-11-20T19:23:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T18:23:48","slug":"gladiator-j6-detailing-the-tender-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3760","title":{"rendered":"Gladiator J6 &#8211; Detailing the tender top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-redactor=\"1\">Further progress on the tender for the J6. Starting off with a slight backward step.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">While struggling with the instructions I hadn&#8217;t read the text when fitting the lifting eyes I just followed the drawing which unfortunately showed the wrong type of backing plate. Reading through the text late last week I saw my error and by coincidence David Hill of Gladiator pointed it out the day after on the Guild forum.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">My customer had seen the post and said it didn&#8217;t matter if they didn&#8217;t show too much but it was only a few minutes of a job with the microflame and a scalpel to take them off and swap them for the right ones.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3753\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3753\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3753\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3753\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3753\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0474.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0474.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0474-300x178.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0474-768x455.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0474-500x296.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator J6 Ivatt Self Trimming Tender &#8211; some details added<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3757\" style=\"width: 647px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3757\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3757\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3757\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3757\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0475.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0475.jpg 637w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0475-300x181.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0475-498x300.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator J6 Ivatt Self Trimming Tender &#8211; Lifting Eye backing plate<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">Next I added the vacuum and steam heat pipes to the rear of the tender.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3761\" style=\"width: 924px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3761\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3761\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3761\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3761\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0468.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"914\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0468.jpg 914w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0468-300x260.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0468-768x665.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0468-346x300.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator J6 Ivatt Self Trimming Tender &#8211; some details added<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">Then I started on the front.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3754\" style=\"width: 898px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3754\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3754\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3754\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3754\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"888\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0480.jpg 888w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0480-260x300.jpg 260w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0480-768x886.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator J6 Ivatt Self Trimming Tender &#8211; some details added<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3755\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3755\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3755\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3755\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3755\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0486.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0486.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0486-300x251.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0486-768x643.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0486-358x300.jpg 358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator J6 Ivatt Self Trimming Tender &#8211; some details added<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">The brake standard was one that I had in my spares box that was left over from the B16 build. The other levers are bent wire and scrap etch.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3758\" style=\"width: 429px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3758\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3758\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3758\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3758\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0481.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"419\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0481.jpg 419w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0481-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator J6 Ivatt Self Trimming Tender &#8211; some details added<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">The bucket is one of Jim McGeown&#8217;s castings that I had sat on my desk for a long time after I had made a bit of a mess of trying to hollow it out.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">I took it back into the workshop to see if I could do anything with it after being informed that the hole in the left hand side was for a bucket. I then remembered the collets that I had made for drilling the valve guide castings on the Streamlined Duchess and used one of them to tidy up the inside of the bucket top using a dental burr and lastly soldered a handle on from scrap etch.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3759\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3759\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3759\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3759\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3759\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0492.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0492-300x278.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0492-323x300.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bucket for J6 Tender<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Further progress on the tender for the J6. Starting off with a slight backward step. While struggling with the instructions I hadn&#8217;t read the text when fitting the lifting eyes I just followed the drawing which unfortunately showed the wrong &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3760\">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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gladiator-lner-br-j6"],"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\/3760","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=3760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3762,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3760\/revisions\/3762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}