{"id":7776,"date":"2026-05-30T14:48:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7776"},"modified":"2026-05-30T14:48:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:48:51","slug":"a-little-prep-for-a-future-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7776","title":{"rendered":"A little prep for a future project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While I was in the midst of making the washout plugs for the 8F I had a look through the kits stash to see if I needed any for other models while I was on with them. most are covered but I do need some for my B16. These are slightly different in that they are inset with a raised rim. Having made a number of spares it was a relatively simple job to turn half a dozen or so collars that the washout plugs would fit into.<\/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\/2026\/05\/Washout-Plug-with-collar2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"169\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Washout-Plug-with-collar2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7777\"\/><\/a><\/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\/2026\/05\/Washout-Plugs-with-collars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Washout-Plugs-with-collars.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7778\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Washout-Plugs-with-collars.jpg 374w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Washout-Plugs-with-collars-300x256.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Washout-Plugs-with-collars-352x300.jpg 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Washout plugs with collars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea being that I will solder the inner plug into the collar then cut the base off allowing them to be fit into the loco fire box. In the meantime they are now in the B16 box, in a little bag awaiting their day to shine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I was in the midst of making the washout plugs for the 8F I had a look through the kits stash to see if I needed any for other models while I was on with them. most are covered &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7776\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","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":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gladiator-b161"],"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\/7776","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=7776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7779,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7776\/revisions\/7779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}