An interesting day and interesting weather!
While making use of Upholstery's nice clean tables to cut another load of rag, I spotted a nice display left by Laura. It looks like the new idea to add bookmarks to our sale items is going to happen. Those four trial ones look very nice!
Maurice primes another part of the brake mechanism from the Mink D van.
Paul prepares the roof edge ready for the fitting of the last of the new planks.
[Photo : Paul E] Maurice carefully clamps the plank to the metal frame ready for drilling the bolt holes.
[Photo : Paul E] Holes bored and bolts fitted, and another job well done.
[Photo : Paul E]
Despite a number of the Tuesday team being away (please come back soon!), we made good progress with a number of small jobs on SO 4798.
At the north end David surveys where to start with the Matt Black Polyurethane paint. This is being used to reblack the heavy rubber connection bellows. The south end was also done.
The outside is completed, now for the inner side.
There is still some ceiling beading to put back up in the south vestibule, and the ceiling in both this and the north vestibule need repainting. Chris assesses the job.
Martin black glossed the blanks left by the removal of the demarcation tapes at the south end. He then began the yellow lining out on the Malvern side top line. When reviewing my photos I discovered I hadn't taken one of him doing that. Sorry Martin!
Ian completes the black glossing on the back of the Malvern side battery box covers.
No apologies for endlessly photographing "Manston". I will be sorry to see this loco go when it returns to the Swanage Railway. I have fond memories of Spam Cans having spent the first eight years of my life living in Egham with the Waterloo - Reading line at the bottom of the garden. No surprise that the one I especially remembered seeing was 34051 "Winston Churchill".
The train has gone, but Chris, Phil and David continue their discussion.
Having seen the 16 table wall brackets repainted, it was now the turn of the table legs. Roger was well into the revarnishing by the time I captured him.
The next is given a light sand prior to revarnishing.
Four already done. The attached metal brackets make it very easy for resting the legs on the floor and leaning against the wall.
David glosses the lamp brackets at both ends.
Now it's the turn of the locking parts on the Cotswold side battery box covers.
Chris and Robert (inside the compartment) discuss the fitting of the various wall and door fittings to go back in.
Ian freshened up the chequerplates in both connections with Silver Hammerite.
Normally a job for Jeff, David whitens the raised lettering and border of the builder's plate on the Cotswold side. The one on the Malvern side is partly covered by the central door step.
A peak out of the Paintshop reveals a rapidly darkening sky. Looks like we are in for a storm.
Well we certainly had the hail along with quite a spell of very heavy rain, thunder and lightning. The forecast for Winchcombe was for light rain!
Derek was busy making the internal repairs to the Shark and ended up trapped until it all blew over.
David ended his day reaming out the Cotswold side rivet line on SK 25451 in the Barn. George had made a very good start on this. David's efforts will have cleaned this out even more, in effect completing the job.
All 16 table legs for 4798 now ready for fitting.
A distorted wide angle shot of the Malvern side toilet compartment with all the fittings now in place. Robert had certainly been busy as the Cotswold side compartment was the same.
There was another heavy bout of rain later on, but by the time we left after 6 it had cleared up completely.
