{"id":7966,"date":"2026-09-09T12:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7966"},"modified":"2026-09-09T12:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:57:14","slug":"mok-8f-8425-smokebox-door-fitted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7966","title":{"rendered":"MOK 8F 8425 &#8211; Smokebox Door Fitted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday before leaving for Guildex on Friday I stuck the smokebox door onto the 8F. I had planned to do it earlier in the week but realised that the handrail wasn\u2019t parallel to the hinge straps. I removed the handrail and moved one of the holes slightly before resoldering the handrail knobs back in. I also took the opportunity to add a small turned washer to the back of the smoke box door locking handles. I had neglected this detail when I added the handles at some time in the past.<\/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\/2026\/09\/IMG_1824-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1824-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7967\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1824-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1824-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1824-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1824-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1824-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1824-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is my rather Heath Robinson set up for holding the loco body vertically so that the epoxy didn\u2019t allow it to slide out of position.<\/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\/2026\/09\/IMG_1825-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"820\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1825-1024x820.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7968\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1825-1024x820.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1825-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1825-768x615.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1825-1536x1231.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1825-2048x1641.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1825-374x300.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who dropped by the Technical stand on Sunday at Guildex were able to view both the 8F and the N10 in their current state, as I had them on the Sunday Display of members models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday before leaving for Guildex on Friday I stuck the smokebox door onto the 8F. I had planned to do it earlier in the week but realised that the handrail wasn\u2019t parallel to the hinge straps. 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