Saturday 17th - Lockdown Beginning to bite

 It was very quiet for a Saturday, only 9 in, plus John H who went to change a steam hose before spending the morning on the CK's bogie (which I missed, sorry!). With some of our members coming from more northerly directions, outskirts of Birmingham etc. I suppose the worsening pandemic situation and new restrictions in some parts of the country are beginning to affect us. Others are snatching holidays while they still can.

With that in mind, Dave concluded that we (read "I") really ought to crack on with lining out RMB 1808.

So I did, doing both the top and bottom yellow lines on the Cotswold side. Care had to be taken with the masking tape a the paint is still quite fresh, but I managed to keep everything intact.

I missed a photo of Dave taking all the old masking tape off around windows and the like, but caught him finishing off some scotches:

At the other end of the paintshop Pam found a myriad of bits and pieces to paint and varnish:

Into the workshop, but still on 1808, Bob was preparing one of the doors we had to take off:

By the end of the day it was in undercoat grey. This is great, there's nothing worse than having to sand down and prep a door after it's been re-hung if the rest of the carriage has been top-coated in the intervening time.

Also in the workshop, John was drilling some holes in brackets for the P'way team who came begging:

We charge very reasonable rates.

Dave H was still collating and cleaning up various components for CK 16221. We think we've tracked down most of them now, that's the trouble with restarting on old restoration, it's hard to remember what bits were taken off and stored "somewhere safe" and which bits we never had and the spares store needs to be searched!

Also on the CK was George, progressing with the prep work on the body side.

 I know it doesn't look much different from last week, but trust me, it feels a lot better!

Meanwhile On BSK 34929 Steve was continuing with the panelling in the north vestibule...

While Ken was working on the corridor connections, with the body prep all done last week this allowed Ken to continue putting everything back together.

And finally, Dave had a nice shot with the Autumn light on Thursday, but no train. Today resolved that with the last train of the day, pleasingly well filled, hauled by Dinmore Manor passing through Winchcombe.