{"id":4478,"date":"2021-03-12T23:36:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T22:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4478"},"modified":"2021-03-12T23:36:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T22:36:40","slug":"gcr-class-5a-ashpan-and-gearbox-fitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4478","title":{"rendered":"GCR Class 5A Ashpan and Gearbox fitting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today I rechecked the motor and gearbox on the centre axle\nwith all the other axles in place. Sadly, it was as I feared, the tight fit of\nthe motor in the boiler area pushed the compensation beam down and left the\nchassis rocking on the centre axle. So back to plan A fitting it on the rear\naxle and cutting into\/the brake cross beam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before doing anything drastic I took time out to knock up some ashpan sides and they have cured the gearbox visibility issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"807\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_00012-1024x807.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4475\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_00012-1024x807.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_00012-300x236.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_00012-768x605.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_00012-381x300.jpg 381w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_00012.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>GCR Class 5A Ashpan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"863\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0001_1-1024x863.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4471\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0001_1-1024x863.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0001_1-300x253.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0001_1-768x647.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0001_1-356x300.jpg 356w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0001_1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>GCR Class 5A Ashpan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"434\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0004-2-1024x434.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4474\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0004-2-1024x434.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0004-2-300x127.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0004-2-768x326.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0004-2-500x212.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0004-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>GCR Class 5A Mudguards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That still left the gear touching the brake cross beam so I bit the bullet and cut a section out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"811\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_00014-811x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4477\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_00014-811x1024.jpg 811w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_00014-238x300.jpg 238w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_00014-768x969.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_00014.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><figcaption>GCR Class 5A Cut through brake crossbeam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GCR-Class-5A-Ashpan-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4469\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GCR-Class-5A-Ashpan-1024x642.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GCR-Class-5A-Ashpan-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GCR-Class-5A-Ashpan-768x482.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GCR-Class-5A-Ashpan-478x300.jpg 478w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GCR-Class-5A-Ashpan.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>GCR Class 5A Ashpan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0001-3-1024x546.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4470\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0001-3-1024x546.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0001-3-300x160.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0001-3-768x410.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0001-3-500x267.jpg 500w, 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Sadly, it was as I feared, the tight fit of the motor in the boiler area pushed the compensation beam down and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4478\">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":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gcr-class-5a"],"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\/4478","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=4478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4479,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478\/revisions\/4479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}