Thursday 24th - A lot of outdoors today

With the weather fine, especially with another wet spell looming, it was time to make the most of the outdoor work.

Beginning with the Model Railway TPO, Alex carries on with his "ROYAL", adding the white highlighting.

 Phil gets cracking with second top coating the "MAIL" panel.

 Returning later to find that he was well on the way to completing this part of the overall sign. 

Chris and Steven were busy installing the large planks inside the MACAW wagon in the Usk goods office platform.

 

The day had begun with a warm sultry morning and it was becoming even warmer, so I didn't envy Paul and Dennis making their way back to the 3rd Rake for more cleaning.

The good news with SK 24949 is that a test with a hose earlier on has proved that the leak has been fixed at last. So Alan and Geoff are now reinstating the various items, beginning with the communication cord, and now the ceiling and light fitting. This will be followed by new wall panelling and then the whole compartment given a complete repaint. The opposite toilet compartment will also be repainted.

Also enjoying the good weather is Dave, well on the way to completing the "tidy up and protect" work on the Cotswold side of SO 4806. Late in the day I completed the wire bushing and painting above the end doorway. 

 Our little companion, the homeless homing pigeon, joined us once again. It seems to like the area around the S&T coach.

With spare capacity in the Painting Team, we decided it was time to get back to FK 13326, especially as the Metalwork Team are now doing more with the north end rebuild. Bob and I taped up the lines on the Cotswold side of the coach between the two end doorways.

Bob then got going on undercoating the top panel and gutter, while I later did the same at the north end. 13326 is changing to Chocolate & Cream and when all work has been completed it will be joining the Main Rake.

 

Ian held another meeting in the kitchen area of RBr 1675 involving our electricians and a member of our Catering staff.

A quick peek in Upholstery to see what happened the day before. All the completed refurbished seating for the DFR that has yet to be collected, has now been placed in the rack, while the remaining seating, either still to be done or in progress, has replaced it against the Workshop wall.

 

Tool Van 92 has now been completely stripped of paint on the Cotswold side, while the Malvern side was completed by Maurice during the morning.

 

Sticking to the "dust in the morning, painting in the afternoon" regime, Maurice top coats the north end of Tool Van 4, while Phil and Alex top coated the Malvern side in GW Brown. 

 

Finally the almost completed SO 4806, leaving just some holes to tape over and the Cotswold side south passenger door to clean up and paint. The latter is difficult to access with a very large pile of metal bits below it.