Wednesday 23rd - Down came the rain .....

As expected the weather folded, so our happy little band worked indoors. Derek has been fitting the 

floor back into 16221, he discovered the door frame had become detached from the chassis. Armed

with a squeezy water bottle and a welder, I glued it back together.

Before and after.

With 16221s bogies cleaned of by pressure washer, John Hamer can see the relevant parts.

Tony is wire brushing a piece of brake linkage

Removal of suspension and brake parts for inspection, cleaning and painting.

Bryan carried on from last weeks job, cleaning some rather derelict steel sections ready for the container roof. The blog title tells the story, so next week weather provided we will mob handed get this meccano set in position.

After much deliberation, Rex and myself have decided on a plan to renovate the door skin for 1808

door 2. The radius of the door is the difficult bit, so we spent the afternoon making a former for our fly press .... so far its looking good.

Meanwhile in the paint shop, Ainsley is carefully cleaning around the window frames. These small details seem so time consuming, but the finished product makes it all worth while.

Ed in the carpentry shop is working on yet another door, at eye level.

Colin is fitting the sliding doors to the disabled compartment ....

Phil is giving a helping hand with the door runner gear.

The upholstery team, doing a fantastic job of those lovely seats we all like to sit on.

Later, that door skin is nearly ready for welding. Mind you there are other patches to do, it is hoped we can eventually make full door skins.

Towards the days end Rod is just tidying up.

A good day with much progress!