Thursday 28th - We are doing too many rain dances

Nick converys his apologies again as he wasn't able to do much for the blog on Wednesday, so we are straight into Thursday again.

 

It was another horrible wet day, with the belts of rain and sleet coming thick and fast, and getting steadily worse later on. Although we have loads of painting-related work to do with 1675 and 13326, having recently restarted the project to repaint the Model Railway coach in Platform 2 Bay, it would be nice to get this finished - if only the endless bad weather would stop!

Up in the Electrical Team's den on the Workshop mezzanine, Richard II is constructing the inner workings of the 230 volt control and distribution panel for 1675. It looks as though it is well on the way, but in Richard's own words it has hardly started yet.

 The above is the temporary indicator panel.

 This looks to be the circuitry diagram for the panel.

It's always a pleasure to introduce a new member of staff, especially when they are young and very keen. So a very big welcome to Nicole, who is Richard I's granddaughter, and as such she has joined our Electrical Team.

So with Grandad looking on, Nicole prepares a plug socket. I'm guessing this was for the one of the boxes under the Malvern side of 1675 where I later saw them working (I meant to ask).

With nobody working in the kitchen and pantry area in 1675, we had a chance to get back to ceiling painting. Jeff begins the top coating.

After a trial fitting under the Cotswold side of 1675, Rex lowers the roller shutter back down before wheeling the outer frame of the new lithium battery box back to the metalworking area of the Workshop.

Inside the seating compartment of 1675, Dave is drilling and cutting out holes to fit the bolts securing the edge sections of the floor.

 Maurice continues the repainting of the Cotswold side sole bar.

With the weather being anything but helpful, Derek has been driven back inside and helps with cleaning up the sole bar and footboard supports on the Malvern side of 1675.

 Maurice has now also started on the Malvern side, at the north end.

 In the Barn Bob has returned to cleaning up the edge of the roof of SO 4798.

 TSO 5023 is now on the jack road .......................

 ............. where Dennis and Paul are investigating what appears to be a leak at the north end.

 

[Photo : Chris]  Having been involved with the construction of the new bar counters in the Cotswold Halt restaurant at Toddington, Chris has now built a new unit in the 1950s Coffee Pot Cafe on Winchcombe Station. We must now get this varnished.