Tuesday 10th - Tape, gold paint, and other things

Another very good attendance for a Tuesday with 17 in.

Firstly, apologies from Alex and myself for no blog posts last Thursday and Saturday. It often takes a fair bit of chasing about during the day to both capture what's happening and more importantly finding out exactly what some of the activities are about - not everything is obvious. Sometimes there is just too much work that needs to be done, hence no photos and thus no blog. Hopefully the catch-up today will make up for the blank days.

Starting off with Keith very kindly bringing in more from his seemingly endless supply of apples. I love cooked apples so a treat for me!

Pam arrives from her lengthy drive in and with even more bags. The large one contains the moquette and other materials for the guards seats in BCK 21272 on which she has worked at home.

Lining out was the main theme as regards SO 4790 with Martin ......

........ and Richard appying the twin lengths of tape on the Cotswold side.

With no roof painting needed Bob tried to get going on window scraping but inevitably had to give it up with lining out in full swing.

With the twin tapes in place on his patch, Richard gets going with the Gold line (more on that later).

On Saturday Tony (Alex's Dad and an equally good painter) was the first to do lining out, his area being on the south half of the Malvern side. With the Gold already done, Alex was the first to be able to apply the Black gloss. With the tape removed he looks up at the completed section.

Later on Alex applies the Gold to the Cotswold side centre door.

With the Gold line complete in his top section, Richard removes the tape. The lower bundle was from another section.

The tape from Alex's black lining drapes down.

Later on Alex paints the lower Gold line on the same side. In the background Robert climbs the steps to mount a new top panel on the back of the centre door.

Why the Gold colour? Alex has found out that when Carmine (Crimson) and Cream was applied by the early British Railways, the lining out was done in Gold and Black. This isn't a metallic paint, it's simply  a normal paint having a gold shade. When Great Western livery returned the lining out was in the Yellow and Black that we have always used. 

BCK 21272, which is in Crimson and Cream, also has Gold and Black lining.

David took care of the Black glossing on the north end panelling, beginning with the area above the connection.

At the north end the recently mounted gutter end needed some fibre paste filler and the small section of panel below some ordinary filler. Phil sorted that out and, after gentle sanding, I presume applied Madder undercoat (I didn't check).

The north end doors and corner sections still need a second top coat.

Robert fits the new upper door panel, but there were a few problems, so it's back off again.

An end of day shot of 4790, now looking very smart. Still quite a list of things to do yet, including some repainting inside, but it is all coming together.

Matt, our newest recruit, pad sands the initial coat of gloss on the lower panels of FK 13326. As with this job on 4790, the circular pad with 240 or 320 sanding disks is being used.

Roger came in and knew what he would be doing. The final section of ceiling in 1675's saloon was primed.

The completed job, something that had to wait a long time before it could be done. It will be undercoated next.

The servery area ceiling also awaiting undercoat.

After a long spell away Jenny returned on Saturday and, finding Upholstery too dusty at times, has transferred to our little Works Cleaning team to help Paul and Dennis. To celebrate her return a round trip on the Railway was planned for today with husband Andy, Maurice, Paul E., Paul W. and Phil S. (who arrived after I had returned to the Works).

The complete group. Paul E. must have got someone to take the photo for them.

Walking back to the Works, a photo of the Winchcombe Station nameboard with its lovely flower bed just had to be taken.

[Photo : Alex] Another catch-up photo showing the Malvern side of the MICA van after Saturday's efforts. Thanks to Alex for sending this when he was in on Wednesday.

Back to today with Chris busy dismantling the old planking on the Cotswold side of the van.

Robert offers up a replacement pillar on this side.

As with the opposite side, much of this old wood is pretty chewed up and in a sorry state.

The door locking bars in the process of repainting  with cleaned up hinges in the foreground.

2807 and the train with Jenny's group on board pull into the station.

On now to the many other jobs being done during the day. Keith applies the first coat of yellow to the new frame to be used for DA valve servicing.

With the pad sanding on 13326 completed, Matt completes the repainting of the loco headboard for the Santa Specials.

As Jeff is C&W's Finance Officer, it's either this or no more paint! ☺  Actually we all love getting a small brush, the White Gloss, and spending some time highlighting the letters. The MICA van plates are a particular treat!

On Saturday Dave H. returned to varnishing compartment doors from TK 24006, which he co-owns.

Returning to the present, Keith now top coats the bulk of the Ross-on-Wye cupboard. The centre panels will be done in Cream next week.

The current status of the Malvern side windows on SO 4798 adequately show the progression of repairs from the one above, where the corrosion has been revealed under the old paint  .............

...... to the repairs in stages from right to left, where the window at the end now has its glass put back.

Pam has done much of the stitching on the new cover for the main seat from 21272's guards compartment at home, preferring to use her own machine with which she is more familiar.

Another check to assess the fitting on the seat was successful.

Next the rebuilt tip-up seat where she completes the stapling of the main cover. In the centre is a piece of fabric cut to shape to make a perfect infill.

The next job is to cut another piece of material that will make an overall cover for the base of the seat.

Next a bit of vinyl cut to shape to put in between the stapled base and final covering.

The final covering for the seat back which Pam will carefully sew on with a curved needle. It looks very good!

It's now gone 6 with the End-of-day Tea Club enjoying a nice cuppa and some tasty nibbles before wending our way home.

The latter part of the afternoon brought on some very heavy rain, once again transforming the yard into the "Great Lakes".  It looks even more striking when viewed from the Mess Room.