Wednesday 13th - RBr, Toad, CK and Bubblecar

Many thanks are due to Russ who very kindly took and later forwarded the following photos for Wednesday's activities.

Beginning with the major refurbishment of RBr 1675.

Rex is inserting spacers into the new underfloor cross bearers to give them added strength.

Bryan is removing an old cross bearer (above and below)

Later in the day with two new bearers now welded in place.

 

Ken removes one of the sliding windows from 1675.

On the other Barn line Gerry is busy removing rusty sheet metal from the Malvern side of the Toad brake van (above and below)

 

Moving into the Workshop and CK 16221, Trevor is fitting a liner to the Cotswold side north end doorway.

 Robert is doing the same job on the same side, but at the opposite end.

Meanwhile Ainsley is working on the opposite doorway, attaching the overhead liner. The new end veneer panelling behind Ainsley shows up well and will soon be given its first coat of varnish.

David D. is working on the handrails for the corridor, both cleaning up existing ones and making new ones. These were later left in the Paintshop for varnishing.

 Colin is fitting the handrail supports to the window frames (above and below).

 

In the Paintshop David A. and Russ continued the lengthy sanding down of the door edges and frames, particularly important where areas of cracked and flaking paint are found. The warning labels on the back of the doors are also being removed. Russ found that the easiest way of doing this was by using 80, and then 120, paper.