{"id":4465,"date":"2021-03-11T23:22:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T22:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4465"},"modified":"2021-03-11T23:22:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T22:22:38","slug":"gcr-class-5a-body-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4465","title":{"rendered":"GCR Class 5A Body Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a bit of an addendum to the last post with photos showing where I am at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GCR-Class-5A-Body-Works-1024x714.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4460\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GCR-Class-5A-Body-Works-1024x714.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GCR-Class-5A-Body-Works-300x209.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GCR-Class-5A-Body-Works-768x535.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GCR-Class-5A-Body-Works-430x300.jpg 430w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GCR-Class-5A-Body-Works.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>GCR Class 5A Body Works<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0004-1-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0004-1-1024x699.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0004-1-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0004-1-768x524.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0004-1-439x300.jpg 439w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0004-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>GCR Class 5A Body works<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"%5bimg%5dhttps:\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51026373368_f32acda1ac_b.jpg%5b\/img%5d\">[<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0005-1024x585.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4462\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0005-1024x585.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0005-300x171.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0005-768x439.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0005-500x286.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0005.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>GCR Class 5A Body works<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"%5bimg%5dhttps:\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51027103286_8a7295074a_b.jpg%5b\/img%5d\"><\/a>A weak area of the kit which to be fair is admitted to in the instructions is the cab roof. It\u2019s half etched and as a result besides being very thin it also has a tendency to curl in the wrong direction for the curve of the cab. I wanted the roof to be removable so I did exactly the same on this one as I did on mine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"962\" height=\"746\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4463\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0006.jpg 962w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0006-300x233.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0006-768x596.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0006-387x300.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><figcaption>GCR Class 5A Cab Roof<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"658\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0007.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4464\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0007.jpg 744w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0007-300x265.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0007-339x300.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><figcaption>GCR Class 5A Body works<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After fitting the curved ribs that are supplied, I cut a\nsmaller piece of 10 thou nickel to fit inside between the ribs to add strength\nand I also added a couple of rain strips from 1mmx1mm brass angle which\nconveniently hides the holes left by etched slots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are not many more bits of etch to add before I get to\nadding the castings and final details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a bit of an addendum to the last post with photos showing where I am at. 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