{"id":4885,"date":"2021-09-01T20:53:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T19:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4885"},"modified":"2021-09-01T20:53:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T19:53:24","slug":"ner-boiler-fittings-trials-trials-and-tribulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4885","title":{"rendered":"NER Boiler Fittings Trials Trials and Tribulations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After my efforts to create the lovely safety valve bonnet yesterday I was dismayed when I learned that I had orientated the ellipse at the top in the wrong direction. It should run in line with the boiler&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s first task was sorting that out. All was not lost as I learned a bit more while correcting it and I have an even better end result for my efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Safety-Valve-Bonnet-MarkII.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4884\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Safety-Valve-Bonnet-MarkII.png 490w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Safety-Valve-Bonnet-MarkII-300x263.png 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Safety-Valve-Bonnet-MarkII-342x300.png 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"617\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Safety-Valve-Bonnet-MarkII-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4883\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Safety-Valve-Bonnet-MarkII-4.png 681w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Safety-Valve-Bonnet-MarkII-4-300x272.png 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Safety-Valve-Bonnet-MarkII-4-331x300.png 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"537\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Safety-Valve-Bonnet-MarkII-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4882\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Safety-Valve-Bonnet-MarkII-3.png 567w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Safety-Valve-Bonnet-MarkII-3-300x284.png 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Safety-Valve-Bonnet-MarkII-3-317x300.png 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next up I drew up a replacement chimney to the correct dimensions for the Class J and initially I added rivets around the base but Tom alerted me to the fact that the NER used countersunk bolts so nothing was visible on the chimney base after painting. A few steps back on the Fusion timeline removed them. It&#8217;s certainly much easier to remove them than to add them&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the Class J didn&#8217;t have a brass cap to the chimney the drawing that I worked from showed it so I couldn&#8217;t resist depicting it on the photos at least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"468\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-Class-J-Chimney-MKII-CSK-Rivets-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4876\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-Class-J-Chimney-MKII-CSK-Rivets-2.png 443w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-Class-J-Chimney-MKII-CSK-Rivets-2-284x300.png 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"417\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-Class-J-Chimney-MKII-CSK-Rivets.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4877\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-Class-J-Chimney-MKII-CSK-Rivets.png 477w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-Class-J-Chimney-MKII-CSK-Rivets-300x262.png 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-Class-J-Chimney-MKII-CSK-Rivets-343x300.png 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally I drew up a replacement dome so that should draw a line under this particular little project if you will pardon the pun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"310\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-J-Class-Dome-MKIII.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4880\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-J-Class-Dome-MKIII.png 286w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-J-Class-Dome-MKIII-277x300.png 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"348\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-J-Class-Dome-MKIII-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4879\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-J-Class-Dome-MKIII-3.png 345w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-J-Class-Dome-MKIII-3-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-J-Class-Dome-MKIII-3-297x300.png 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-J-Class-Dome-MKIII-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4878\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-J-Class-Dome-MKIII-1.png 315w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NER-J-Class-Dome-MKIII-1-300x281.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After my efforts to create the lovely safety valve bonnet yesterday I was dismayed when I learned that I had orientated the ellipse at the top in the wrong direction. 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