{"id":7874,"date":"2026-07-10T09:27:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7874"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:27:27","slug":"connoisseur-n10-a-little-out-of-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7874","title":{"rendered":"Connoisseur N10 – A Little Out Of Order"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

hese are a little out of order but I thought continuing the discussion about the inside motion created a better flow for anyone reading this in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started by making a replacement for the upper handrail support. These are included on the etch but are quite vulnerable during handling and assembly so I managed to knock one off. I made the replacement from a strip off the nickel chassis so it\u2019s a little more robust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then I moved to fitting the sand box fillers and sanding levers which I figured would be much easier to fit before I fit the boiler in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it happens the sandbox filler caps were missing from my kit or at least, I haven\u2019t found them yet. I know that Jim would have happily let me have some more but I bought the kit some time ago and it was easy enough to make some replacements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started with some 5mm brass bar and turned a short length to 4mm. Next, I turned a section to 3mm leaving 0.5mm at 4mm to give a step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repeating this, I turned a 0.9mm spigot on nth end again leaving a 0.5mm step at 3mm. Then I popped them in the spin indexer and took some off of each step to leave me a pair of flats on both the 4mm and 3mm steps. These once parted off gave me the oval sandbox filler caps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And yes, I know that once fitted the right way up very little can be seen but I know it\u2019s there\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here they are fitted along with the sanding levers. I also turned some small upstands for the levers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Those with a keen eye will also note that I filled in the back of the splashers so you can\u2019t see the back of the wheels when looking between the frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also fitted the inner tanks and filled them with strips of lead shaping it to clear the middle wheels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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