{"id":8013,"date":"2026-09-30T17:44:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8013"},"modified":"2026-09-30T17:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:44:44","slug":"connoisseur-n10-more-little-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8013","title":{"rendered":"Connoisseur N10 – More little details"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The last couple of workbench sessions have been preparing items for fitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had done the rear steps some time ago but I hadn’t curved the treads. I did the front ones and curves all the treads at the same time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then I dug out the buffers. I’m not sure where they came from but I had secreted a set of NER buffers in the box some years ago. They came as a Buffer stock with a separate washer to create the rims that is bolted to the buffer plank. So they need to be soldered together. I also need to drill them and fit the prominent fixings that are visible in most photos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also made a start on making the cab window frames so that they would open. I was fortunate that I had a spare set of etches for the wind frames so I soldered two together and then soldered a short length of microbore tube to the top so that I can hinge them<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lastly I machined a replacement upper rear lamp iron from the end of an earth pin out of the 13 amp plug<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is still quite a bit of the plug pin left for making other parts with at some point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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