{"id":7193,"date":"2025-09-12T15:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7193"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:58:09","slug":"back-to-the-mok-8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7193","title":{"rendered":"back to the MOK 8F"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a short interlude to finish of building a Gauge 1 Warship that was started way back in 2017 I am back on the 8F since attending Guildex last weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I started by replacing the wrong handed upper lamp iron.<\/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\/09\/IMG_0001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0001-1-673x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7194\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0001-1-673x1024.jpg 673w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0001-1-197x300.jpg 197w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0001-1-768x1169.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0001-1-1009x1536.jpg 1009w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0001-1.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Right Handed Upper Lamp Iron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then I folded the bends on the tops and fronts of the two MOK replacement welded sides and added the handrails. I also took the time while they were accessible to file the tails of the handrail knobs and the wire of the rear ones flat.<\/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\/09\/Mok-Tender-side-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mok-Tender-side-1-647x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mok-Tender-side-1-647x1024.jpg 647w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mok-Tender-side-1-189x300.jpg 189w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mok-Tender-side-1-768x1216.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mok-Tender-side-1-970x1536.jpg 970w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mok-Tender-side-1-1293x2048.jpg 1293w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mok-Tender-side-1-scaled.jpg 1617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Handrail tails filed off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With that done I marked up where the solid bits were on the tender cage so that when I solder them on I apply the heat in the right place.<\/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\/09\/1-MOK-Tender-Sides.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1-MOK-Tender-Sides-1024x705.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1-MOK-Tender-Sides-1024x705.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1-MOK-Tender-Sides-300x206.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1-MOK-Tender-Sides-768x529.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1-MOK-Tender-Sides-436x300.jpg 436w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1-MOK-Tender-Sides.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MOK Tender Sides marked up for soldering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mok-8f"],"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\/7193","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=7193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7198,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7193\/revisions\/7198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}