Tuesday 11th - Juggling with the weather

It was fun and games with the weather today as we tried to get outside work underway. This led to rapid job swapping when the deluge hit, but we still managed to make a good start on the Model Railway TPO coach. Dave H. also got hit with his tidying up of then SO used by S&T as their mess room and workshop.

The photos are in time sequence.

1034:  Robert prepares a door liner for the Cotswold side emergency door on RBr 1675.

1034: These two photos of Stu, applying the first coat of varnish to the Malvern side of the Santa coach, were taken within seconds of each other (I accidentally touched the screen a second time). When rapidly flipped from one to the other in Photoviewer, you can watch Stu varnishing!

1035: Richard had planned to have a day watching cricket with his wife, but with the weather so uncertain, he swapped cricket for varnishing and started at the south end of the coach. Alex had literally just applied the roundel transfer (the only transfer now used on our rolling stock). He had also just outlined in black the coach number and as such the far lower panel will be left until Thursday.

1036: Very good progress is being made with the Creosote Tank wagon, to the point where it may not need to come into the Paintshop. While Alex applies fibre paste to some treated corroded parts of the platform, Maurice sands down the wood supports on this side.

 1037: Ian was similarly sanding the main support on the Cotswold side.

1037: With evidence of early rain in the roadway, Dave sands the lower side of S&T's coach. There was plenty more to come!

1141: Phil was doing a great job vacuuming the Cotswold side of the Santa coach's roof. A wipeover with a cloth afterwards completes the job and brings back the shine.

1141: Keith pad sands the chair that we are cleaning up prior to it being re-upholstered.

1213: At last, a start has been made on the sad state of the Model Railway TPO coach, with Pam and Alex working on the north end of the Cotswold side. In the distance Stu is removing the low level transfer, as better shown below.

1351: With lunch over it's back to Platform 2 with both Pam and Stu pad sanding.

1426: Back in the Workshop Alan is again cleaning up one of TK 24006's compartment doors.

1544: Phil has completed the vacuuming of the Cotswold side of the Santa coach roof and is now touching up the paint at the end.

1544: The sanded chair with a coat of varnish. We will add probably two more coats before taking the chair upstairs to Upholstery.

1544: Keith finishes his day black glossing the various corridor connection parts hanging on the hooks. I think these will be from FK 13326.

1544: The heavy back supports from the north end of 1675 had also been glossed.

1621: On my way to the office, a catch up with Upholstery's work on the FODR contract. Another batch of completed seat cushions and backs await collection.

1621:  A very impressive display of the various parts of the seating with the foam/board inners and cut pieces of moquette.

1622: At the north end of the Santa coach Robert replaced the old toilet base with a piece of plyboard to cover the hole. He also attached a door handle where the old one was missing - the handle isn't used for opening, so this is purely cosmetic to improve the look of the door.

1623: With the annoyingly frequent showers, the Model Railway coach gang (now less Stu who had left for the day) once more retreated to the Barn to carry on with black glossing the tank wagon.

 

 1625: That last lot of rain really was a downpour.

1626: A walk down the yard to photograph the bits of the freight train that had been returned to the Winchcombe yard (as mentioned in Roger's Monday post).

1632: Alex had been able to do some repair work with red oxide and filler, and then later patching with undercoat Madder. The aim now is to get this area of the Model Railway coach undercoated and top coated as soon as possible. We will then progress to the next section. This approach will be much better than doing the more usual stages of coach repainting.

 1653: The updated jobs list on the main Paintshop white board.