Tuesday 21st - Cracking on

Another good day's effort by the Tuesday team, especially with SK 25488 which inevitably had the most activity.

Stu was once again in fired-up mode and, after a light sand with 240 paper, gave the entire lower section a second top coat and in effect completing the top coating on the Malvern side. The line and end demarcation tapes can now be removed and lining out begin.

Richard began second top coating the windows on the Cotswold side, and that too was completed for the whole side.

Ian worked at the north end, initially undercoating inside the corridor connection. The combination of an early start and warm Paintshop meant that the undercoat dried quickly and later in the day he was able to add the gloss black. The outside of the U frame and support woodwork was also glossed.

Roger black glossed the remaining unpainted section of the Cotswold side sole bar and steps, before moving round to the Malvern side and completing that too.

 

 

No stopping Stu, who added a second top coat to the south end of the Cotswold side top section.

 

Another cleaned up buffer and surround ready for priming and painting, which was done by myself and then Roger. We are limiting what we will do with any underframe painting.

 

Too tired to smile. Not surprising after all that effort, but a great job done.

 

 Keith had a busy trestle day, initially top coating the door from the south corridor connection of 25488. Then various bits of priming for the two vacuum cyclinder release valves, a special metal bar used by the Dirty Gang, some sections for the roof ends of the Tool Van made by Robert, a large roof section again for the Tool Van, and finishing off with a second coat of varnish for the handrails from RBr 1675.  Guess we must get back to that chair which has almost become part of the general scenery!

 

Inside the Tool Van Maurice continues painting the ceiling.

 

One of the Malvern side quarter doors on RBr 1675 was removed by Ainsley and myself, so that some tidying up could be done, followed by the fitting of the back panel.

 

 

 

Stu finished his day adding a second coat of yellow to the numbers and letters on the Cotswold side of the Tool Van

 

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So, what else happened.

 

Firstly apologies to Robert, Derek and Dave H. who I missed. When walking around to obtain blog photos, more often than not, the person you are looking for is either absent from their work area, or in conversation, or simply not doing what you wanted to capture. It really is pot luck sometimes getting the right picture at the right moment.

I also meant to get a photo of Bob, who on inspecting the roofs of the Maroon Rake (now stabled in Platform 2 at Winchcombe) discovered some flaking paint on the Malvern side of the roof of BSKD 34929 - thankfully it was just this area and not higher up.. Particularly frustrating as it's not that long ago that the coach was refurbished. Bob carefully scraped off the loose top coat (the undercoat was fine), thoroughly cleaned the area and then applied some fresh top coat.

The long awaited skip lorry arrived. Yahoo! We could then empty all the overflowing bins throughout the Works.

The final job of the day was to tidy up the Paintshop and vac the floor, before getting changed and then retiring to the Mess Room for that last cup of tea, and for once resisting the cakes!