{"id":5116,"date":"2022-01-25T11:40:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T10:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5116"},"modified":"2022-01-25T11:40:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T10:40:55","slug":"back-to-the-stanier-4000-gallon-tender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5116","title":{"rendered":"Back to the Stanier 4000 Gallon Tender"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although I haven&#8217;t posted for a while, the battle with the 4000 gallon tender has continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest issue has been the coal space and getting it to fit. The instructions rather unhelpfully refer to fettling and filling gaps with coal. Fine if you are modelling a tender loaded with coal but not if you want to see the coal pusher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coal pusher castings are Finney 7 and as expected just come as a set of castings so I needed to make the push rods from strips of nickel cut with the guillotine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0478.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0478-827x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5111\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0478-827x1024.jpg 827w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0478-242x300.jpg 242w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0478-768x951.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0478.jpg 1034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>LMS 4000 Gallon Tender Fitted with Coal Pusher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although a casting was provided in the set for the vent pipe arrangement Due to the laminated rear of the coal space being quite a chunk I didn&#8217;t trust that I could successfully solder it on without the risk of melting it so I filed up a replacement from some brass bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0480-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5113\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0480-1024x673.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0480-300x197.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0480-768x505.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0480-457x300.jpg 457w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0480.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>LMS 4000 Gallon Tender Fitted with Coal Pusher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0481.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0481-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5114\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0481-1024x609.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0481-300x178.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0481-768x457.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0481-500x297.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0481.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>LMS 4000 Gallon Tender Fitted with Coal Pusher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to get the coal chute to sit down properly I had to cut 2mm of the front edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0479.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0479-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5112\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0479-1024x646.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0479-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0479-768x484.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0479-476x300.jpg 476w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0479.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>LMS 4000 Gallon Tender Fitted with Coal Pusher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0482.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0482-833x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5115\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0482-833x1024.jpg 833w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0482-244x300.jpg 244w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0482-768x944.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0482.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>LMS 4000 Gallon Tender Fitted with Coal Pusher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I haven&#8217;t posted for a while, the battle with the 4000 gallon tender has continued. 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