Tuesday 6th - Quite a mixed day

 A good number in the Works today and providing lots of variety.

It was nice to see David in today as he normally works Wednesdays. He was making a new runner for a sliding door, however I was so busy chatting to him that I forgot to ask him which vehicle this was for (dohhh!).

Continuing on the woodworking theme, Derek was back in RBr 1675 setting up more wood supports on the cross-bearers ready for the new plyboard floor panels.

With all the structural work going on around 1675 inevitably there will be an accumulation of dirt, despite the regular clearing up of the debris each day, so a good vac on this side of the Workshop and around 1675 was one of my jobs today.

Keith carried on with the kitchen door off 1675 that I had previously been working on, finishing off the filling and sanding.

The final touches with 120 and 320 sandpaper to get a really good finish.

Then on to trestles in the Paintshop for the initial base coat of undercoat Light Grey.

The finished door, ready for the Door Team to begin rebuilding, and a nice clean door for us to finish off when it is eventually mounted on the coach..

Ainsley was similarly finishing off another of 1675's kitchen doors.

While passing through Upholstery to the office, I couldn't resist yet another photo of the lovely Horsechestnut Leaf moquette. The two first class compartments in BCK 21092 are going to look stunning!

On to progress with CK 16221 with Ian back on that end door and nearby panelling. Bar another coat of Light Grey, I think it's finished.

At the opposite end on the Cotswold side Phil was similarly finishing off the door and corner panel.

With the remainder of this side in top coat, especially with the north end just about finished bar the top line, it's good to get the prep work on this remaining bit completed.

Richard completed the painting of the north end. The south end work continues and is one of the jobs allocated for Wednesday.

Tony works on another of 16221's compartment doors, initially completing the overall sanding.

He then dismantles it to clean up otherwise inaccesible parts.

A number of the doors were already in the Paintshop awaiting varnishing. Two were later mounted on trestles and given an initial coat by Keith.

Following the disappointment with the warped panel strips previously reported, more good strips were located and awaited sanding down by Alan.

Previously prepared ones that hadn't warped were given yet another coat of varnish by Keith.

Back into the Woodwork Shop to find David had now moved on to preparing more beading strips for 16221.

These were for the edges of the doorways.

Almost all the rubber window seals on 16221 have been replaced with new ones. Unfortunately the two small windows surrounding the inner first class door require thicker seals for which we currently have no replacement. As such they will be cleaned up and when done should be fine.

It was time for a tidy up and sweep through inside 16221, the compartments in particular having become very cluttered. So Pam got going on this and did a really good job. All items to remain until the internal work has been completed have been neatly stacked and the overall look inside each compartment is now very much better.

After that it was on to one of the items in Alex's white board list - giving a first coat of varnish to the inner window frames in the four first class compartments.

Another paint order arrives!

Robert is finishing off a new footboard for the "Cheltenham High Street" Toad brake van. When completed Richard and Paul drilled the relevant holes for the bolts to secure it to the van.

Further ceiling priming was done in the cab of the Toad by Maurice (sorry - missed him working). I also missed Clive working on the Macaw bogie bolster and Dave H. who was elsewhere on the site.

While dad Tony was working on the compartment door for 16221, Bob carried on cleaning up one of the bogies in the Barn.