Tuesday 20th - A large turnout and a nice surprise
Wow, 18 attending! That was quite a turnout for a Tuesday.
It was no surprise that the repairs and repainting of SO 4790 was the attention focus, with RBr 1675 not far behind.
So beginning with 4790.
Under the repairs category is Robert replacing the back panel on the Cotswold side south end door. With the fit confirmed as ok, the panel was placed on the trestles and at the end of the day it was given the first coat of varnish by Alex.
A lot of the initial effort went into getting the sides of the doors and door frames properly sanded down, and if necessary filled where needed. This was mainly the top half of each, the bottom halves generally done. Stu was busy with the Cotswold side double doors, while in the background Phil mixes another batch of filler.
On the Malvern side Alex pad sands the madder undercoat on the upper section. We want to make a really good job with the painting as this begins our gradual return to a rake of Crimson & Cream coaches.
Back to the Cotswold side with Phil working on his door, while in the background Ian works on the centre door.
Some more cleaning up on the Malvern side window sliders. These are always fiddly things to sand. The wings in particular really attract the grime.
More undercoating with Stu working on a Cotswold side window.
With the ratchet-strapped ladder tightly clamped to the coach, Bob continues the initial top coating of the roof in Flint Grey.
More undercoating of door frames and sides with Stu and Ian. It's not unusual to see these getting left to last and occasionally even forgotten, with all the concentration being on the coach sides.
Alex still working hard with the undercoat Cream.
James, Stu, Ian and Phil enjoying a well earned break to watch Foremarke Hall leaving with the Toddington- Broadway train. In the distance the Cheltenham train leaves with 2807 in charge.
The day's project for James was the repair of the base of one of the doors off SO 4798. Getting the wood base off was itself a challenge.
The corroded base was cut off and a new piece trial fitted. James cleans up round the edges with a grinder.
It's coming along well with a nicely trimmed line.
With the new base now spot welded in place, more cleaning up. At this point we need to call a halt to leave a decent length of time before we pack up for the day.
On a Tuesday tea making is often done by Dave H or Keith. However James happily took on the job.
The other concentration of effort was, as previously mentioned, in 1675. The remaining varnished oak top panels and pelmets were now being mounted in the saloon by Robert and Chris.
With some minor issues with the corridor panelling sorted out by Robert and Chris, we could resume the wood priming and Roger duly completed this final section.
Roger also finished tidying up the stops for the two sliding doors to the kitchen and pantry.
With all the oak in the servery now with the first coat of varnish we could at last get on with ceiling priming.
Inside the servery Pam undercoated the boxed-in pipework by the Cotswold side exit.
The next job was to give an initial coat of varnish to the oak facing strips and side panel. Both the boxed in pipework and the oak frontage and side panel had previously been done by Simon, who had made a very neat job of it all.
With all the other effort going on, the interior of 1675 is really coming together now.
And it doesn't stop there! Kevin takes a break from his usual stores management to sort out "that perpetual mess on the counter".
Even off the coach 1675 jobs were well in hand. In the foreground the new footboards have been undercoated by Keith and he is now varnishing the new internal window frame sections for SO 4798.
Alan resumes the job of cleaning up the covers for 1675's heating pipes. I also joined him as we need to get this finished. The job has been somewhat overshadowed by other things needed more urgently, but it won't be long before the covers are being requested. When cleaned they will be sprayed with clear laquer.
With 4798's window frame varnishing completed, Keith paints the footboards in gloss black, the previous undercoating having dried very quickly in the warmth of the Paintshop. In the background Alex is undercoating the Malvern half of the south end of 4790. The Cotswold half may need some metalwork repairs in the top corner.
Early in the day Maurice was top coating the internal section of the legs off the Hayles Abbey Halt seat.
Keith now top coats the upper side of the main frames in GW Brown. In the background are two top coated hinges from the Open C wagon, also done by Maurice earlier on.
The early rain had gone, leaving a fine day. Enjoying the open air are Maurice and Paul cleaning up more parts from the Open C wagon.
I missed Derek who was back on the Monster van repairs, also glad of the good weather.
In the yard sits SK 25451 after its repairs to the braking system. Being one of the very faded maroon coaches, it would be good if this followed 4790 into the Paintshop for the next conversion into Crimson & Cream.
Finally a photo taken by Paul W. (many thanks Paul!) that I should have taken on Saturday. We received a very welcome visit from Dave and Penny Dron, who were enjoying a day on the Railway.
Inside Winchcombe Signalbox - a framed print of this hangs in there.
Memories of Grenville painting the Dogfish ballast wagons.
Sea scenes
Designed by Penny, made by Woodwork, and then painted in 3D by Penny. These and other ones are also displayed every Christmas in the Tim Mitchell Building on Platform 1.
Nice to see Penny, I remember her with Jenny and John in upholstery.
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