Tuesday/Wednesday 26th/27th - We're Almost There

Another Tuesday bash with the Queen Mary and a fresh list of jobs from Alex pinned up on the Barn wall. 

Stu cracks on with the remaining brown painting on the undercoated veranda planks.

Inside the cab Paul is finishing off the stove, flue and surround with the black heat resistant paint.

Almost all of the internal cab walls have been top coated, leaving just the centre black line to paint. Richard tapes up in readiness.

Another job on the list was to clean up and black the redundant air hose at both ends. Roger brushes off the flaking paint at the south end.

Bob completes the roof painting - there was just over half of the Cotswold side left to do.

With the centre black line completed round the cab, Richard paints the air pipes round the brake setter.

Meanwhile Paul had completed the heat resistant painting with a coat on the backing behind the stove and flue.

He then joined Stu with the top coating of the new veranda planking. With the new side sections of the two verandas, the top plank was left unpainted at the back as a further piece of wood will be bolted on.

At the north end Roger was progressing well with the air hose repainting. The rubber hoses are having a coat of matt black paint.

A toot from the station prompts a quick dive to the end of the Barn to catch 4270 puffing by.

Alan had a feast of different jobs available on the Paintshop trestles. Starting with another coupling to paint up, here having an initial coat of oxide. When dry this will be painted black with the middle link receiving a central band of yellow.

On Saturday we were all somewhat perplexed as to why the doors for CK 16221 had been cleared away and we were told put back into storage. Er, why?!!! 16221 will be the next coach into the Paintshop when BSK 34929 is eventually finished. No doubt we will soon discover what our hard working Door Team is planning.

Up the stairs to Upholstery to find Dave busy with another stripped down seat base from the Bubble Car. 

Now back to the Queen Mary where an excutive decision had been made.The top two steps do look better painted brown, blending in well the the main livery, with just the large bottom one painted black, matching the paintwork below the sole bar. Good decision chaps - an excellent result!

Bob top coats the horizontal hand rails. The vertical ones need a bit more cleaning up before painting.

Paul was now painting the south veranda floor, which had been coated with red oxide last week. That rough unpainted plank will be dealt with later this week.

The hoses at the south end receive a coat of matt black.

Richard paints the brake column in gloss black. The brake setter will be top coated in red.

Another job started by Alan is to wipe these lamp frames with thinners and begin painting in green primer. These will eventually be painted in gloss black ard then mounted on the new building at Toddington, in effect completing the external lighting there.

Although repainted in 2016, the roof of the Baguley Drewry railcar used by S&T had not fared well with rust appearing within a relatively short time. Somewhat disappointing to say the least, it is thought that the roof hadn't been primed before it had been undercoated. It was on the list of things to do, but during his signalbox turns Bob had got fed up with the sight of the rusty roof and got cracking with a general clean up and coating of primer. That back end needs some attention too with all that flaking paint. 

As always, a final photo at the end of the day with the Queen Mary well on the way to completion. Almost all of Alex's list of jobs had been ticked.

Wednesday

Thanks to Richard for the photos today, I have tried to interpret what's going on but as I wasn't there apologies if I get anything wrong!

The wood-workers were out in force today, Geoff and Colin are delivering the finished door frames for the GWR Mink, while Dave is testing out the latest toy, a new bobbin sander for sanding the insides of curves:

On the left it looks like Trevor doing some more adjustments to door 9 on 34929, while on the right Roger cracked on with more bits of timber in the CK for panels to be screwed into:

 

In the paintshop Dave carried on priming those lovely copper lamps:

In the workshop Phil was doing, uhhh... something! Ken and Ben look to be servicing some sliding window quarterlights:

 

Upholstery had a good turn out today for what looks like their new project, the seating for the bubblecar which is approaching the end of a lengthy restoration and rebuild. 

Naturally the Queen Mary saw some attention too, Bob blacked the north veranda floor:

While Bryan and Rex gave it an axlebox exam - after draining them all of a lot of water (that's what happens when stuff doesn't move for a long time) they were topped up with fresh oil and are now good to go:

Thanks again to Richard for these photos

 

Alex