{"id":8059,"date":"2026-10-30T15:25:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8059"},"modified":"2026-10-30T15:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:25:42","slug":"07-models-lner-n8-n9-chassis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8059","title":{"rendered":"07 Models LNER N8\/N9 Chassis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Purely by chance this morning I was looking in my older kit boxes for some large BA screws and nuts for a little job for a friend, when I lifted out the chassis for my N8\/9. I started fiddling with it and in about 15 minutes I had it loosely assembled. <br>it would have been even quicker had I not got two of the frames spacers in the wrong place &#8211; one is narrower than the others to accommodate the overlapping and narrowing of the frames to house the trailing\/radial truck assembly. The kit has milled frames and coupling rods and unlike my other builds, I think that I shall leave this one rigid. I rather like the design of the trailing\/radial ruck and I think it will work well in practice albeit not looking particularly pretty.<\/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\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis-1024x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8060\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis-1024x213.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis-764x159.jpg 764w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis-300x62.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis-1536x319.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis-2048x426.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis-500x104.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\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis2-1024x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8061\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis2-1024x297.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis2-300x87.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis2-768x223.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis2-1536x446.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis2-2048x595.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-Models-N8-9-chassis2-500x145.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I did have to ream out a couple of the bearing holes with a 1\/4 inch reamer, but other than that it went together very easily. Although I might solder the bearings in I can&#8217;t do much more until I assemble the basic body to see how the motor will fit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I originally planned to fit my second Shogun unit in the same configuration as the N10. But leaving the chassis rigid, means that I could place the gearbox on the centre axle and use a different motor\/gearbox instead I will test what might fit, as in any event I will have to mill out the boiler tube to accommodate whichever unit I end up choosing. Decisions, decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purely by chance this morning I was looking in my older kit boxes for some large BA screws and nuts for a little job for a friend, when I lifted out the chassis for my N8\/9. 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