{"id":6150,"date":"2023-03-26T19:55:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T18:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6150"},"modified":"2023-03-27T21:50:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T20:50:15","slug":"6150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6150","title":{"rendered":"MOK 8F 8425 &#8211; My personal Enigma Finally Solved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today I finally cracked my enigma. One of the reasons that the build stalled back in 2018 was that I couldn&#8217;t for the life of me work out how the water scoop mechanism went together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point I need to say a big thanks to fellow Guild member Ian Allen for pointing me in the right direction. As with all things when you know what to look for it is there in the instructions it&#8217;s just not that clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My problem was the arm that goes alongside the inner chassis.<\/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\/2023\/03\/IMG_0001_1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0001_1-2-1024x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0001_1-2-1024x442.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0001_1-2-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0001_1-2-768x332.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0001_1-2-500x216.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0001_1-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MOK 8F 8425 Tender Water Scoop Mechanism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I initially had it located in between the clevises at the front. When it needs to fit behind. This meant that when trying to fit the wheels the rod fouled them<\/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\/2023\/03\/New-Out99999-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/New-Out99999-2-1024x330.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/New-Out99999-2-1024x330.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/New-Out99999-2-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/New-Out99999-2-768x247.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/New-Out99999-2-500x161.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/New-Out99999-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MOK 8F 8425 Tender Water Scoop Mechanism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once I knew this it made things a bit clearer then I discovered that I had the linkage that the water scoop attaches to upside down.<\/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\/2023\/03\/New-Out99998.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/New-Out99998-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/New-Out99998-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/New-Out99998-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/New-Out99998-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/New-Out99998-500x208.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/New-Out99998.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MOK 8F 8425 Tender Water Scoop Mechanism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With that corrected I was able to get it to fit together. It still needs fixing permanently in place but I have the balance weights to fit yet so I will wait until I have done that before making anything else that I might have to undo!<\/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\/2023\/03\/IMG_0007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"989\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0007-1024x989.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0007-1024x989.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0007-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0007-768x742.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0007-311x300.jpg 311w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0007.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MOK 8F 8425 Tender Water Scoop Mechanism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I finally cracked my enigma. One of the reasons that the build stalled back in 2018 was that I couldn&#8217;t for the life of me work out how the water scoop mechanism went together. 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