{"id":7316,"date":"2025-10-26T23:10:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T22:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7316"},"modified":"2025-10-26T23:10:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T22:10:41","slug":"mok-8f-8425-the-end-of-the-replacement-welded-tender-build-feels-like-its-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7316","title":{"rendered":"MOK 8F 8425 &#8211; The end of the replacement welded tender build feels like it&#8217;s in sight."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today was quite satisfying in so much as I got the brake beams assembled and I also got the new brake cylinder and the front cross shaft fitted which in theory leaves the brakes, the rear coupling and the small etches and pins which fit on the outside of the outer frames adjacent to one end of the springs where they represent the ends of the brake hangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Proxxon mini pillar drill earned its keep drilling all the holes for the link pins on the cross beams.<\/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\/10\/Brake-Cross-Beams.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"842\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-Cross-Beams-1024x842.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7319\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-Cross-Beams-1024x842.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-Cross-Beams-300x247.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-Cross-Beams-768x632.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-Cross-Beams-1536x1263.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-Cross-Beams-365x300.jpg 365w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-Cross-Beams.jpg 1937w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brake Cross Beams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, I fitted the brake cylinder and the front cross shaft. The shaft and the castings which attach to the brake pull rods are still loose until I work out the correct orientations of them.<\/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\/10\/Brake-cylinder-and-Cross-shaft-fitted.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1020\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-and-Cross-shaft-fitted-1024x1020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7317\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-and-Cross-shaft-fitted-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-and-Cross-shaft-fitted-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-and-Cross-shaft-fitted-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-and-Cross-shaft-fitted-768x765.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-and-Cross-shaft-fitted-1536x1530.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-and-Cross-shaft-fitted-301x300.jpg 301w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-and-Cross-shaft-fitted.jpg 1902w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brake Cylinder and Cross shaft fitted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lastly a close up of the new brake cylinder.<\/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\/10\/Brake-cylinder-in-situ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"924\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-in-situ-1024x924.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7318\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-in-situ-1024x924.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-in-situ-300x271.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-in-situ-768x693.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-in-situ-1536x1387.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-in-situ-332x300.jpg 332w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brake-cylinder-in-situ.jpg 1614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Replacement Brake Cylinder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making and fitting all these extra parts has renewed my enthusiasm for the build which was waning a little.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was quite satisfying in so much as I got the brake beams assembled and I also got the new brake cylinder and the front cross shaft fitted which in theory leaves the brakes, the rear coupling and the small &hellip; 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