{"id":6939,"date":"2025-03-07T11:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6939"},"modified":"2025-03-07T11:57:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:57:39","slug":"jlrt-stanier-tender-sorting-out-the-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6939","title":{"rendered":"JLRT Stanier Tender &#8211; sorting out the details"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had in my selection of castings and my spares box, a choice of two whitemetal dome castings. While I had a third options of turin a up completely new dome from brass or nickel I decided to see if I could clean up the fairly mediocre castings. I was able to grip the locating pin of the first one in a collet and it didn&#8217;t actually take much material removal to clean up the  first casting (I measured it at 0.3mm overall) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"870\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6940\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0004.jpg 1012w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0004-300x258.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0004-768x660.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0004-349x300.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Water Scoop dome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"961\" height=\"854\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6941\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0005.jpg 961w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0005-300x267.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0005-768x682.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0005-338x300.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Water Scoop dome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Buoyed up with the results of the first one, I had a go at the second casting which was much better and only required a clean up of the top to remove minor pitting.<\/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\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"921\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001-1024x921.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6942\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001-1024x921.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001-300x270.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001-768x691.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001-334x300.jpg 334w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stanier Tender Dome<\/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\/2025\/03\/IMG_0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"949\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0002-949x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6943\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0002-949x1024.jpg 949w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0002-278x300.jpg 278w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0002-768x829.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0002.jpg 977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stanier Tender Dome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I have a choice of two to fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had in my selection of castings and my spares box, a choice of two whitemetal dome castings. 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