{"id":7805,"date":"2026-06-10T17:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7805"},"modified":"2026-06-10T17:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:25:35","slug":"mok-8f-almost-all-the-oil-boxes-are-now-fitted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7805","title":{"rendered":"MOK 8F Almost All The Oil Boxes are Now Fitted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After several sessions at them I finally have all the oil boxes on the footplate aside from the large Silvertown types on the right hand side of the locomotive &#8211; they are the next job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I started with the ones at the front which needed the associated pipework down inside the front of the frames under the smokebox.<br>Again I made use of the Finney cable clip etches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes4-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes4-1024x494.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7806\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes4-1024x494.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes4-300x145.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes4-768x370.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes4-1536x741.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes4-2048x987.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes4-500x241.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then I fitted the ones that sit flat on the footplate including those that sit just inside the frames in front of the firebox. Lastly I fitted the ones at the rear of the smokebox that have pipes passing through the footplate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes2-1024x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7807\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes2-1024x540.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes2-300x158.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes2-768x405.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes2-1536x810.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes2-2048x1080.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes2-500x264.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes-1024x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7808\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes-1024x233.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes-300x68.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes-768x174.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes-1536x349.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes-2048x465.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes-500x114.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes3-1024x652.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7810\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes3-1024x652.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes3-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes3-768x489.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes3-1536x978.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes3-2048x1304.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Footplate-Oil-Boxes3-471x300.jpg 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally I did the two that initially, I thought sat at the inside of the footplate. However upon closer inspection, they actually sit on a bracket mounted to the inside of the frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Oil-Boxes-on-Frames-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Oil-Boxes-on-Frames-1024x813.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7809\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Oil-Boxes-on-Frames-1024x813.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Oil-Boxes-on-Frames-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Oil-Boxes-on-Frames-768x610.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Oil-Boxes-on-Frames-1536x1220.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Oil-Boxes-on-Frames-2048x1627.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Oil-Boxes-on-Frames-378x300.jpg 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After several sessions at them I finally have all the oil boxes on the footplate aside from the large Silvertown types on the right hand side of the locomotive &#8211; they are the next job. 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