Weds 23rd/Thurs 24th - Not finished yet

Something different for Wednesday, with a catch up on Thursday.

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Wednesday

Thank you Gerry for these photos taken on the West Somerset Railway at Dunster and Minehead. Hope your holiday is going well.

A nice view of Dunster Station.

Well, well - look what's pulling the train, looking resplendent in its new black ......

....... and pulling a rake which includes crimson & cream liveried coaches. 

I remember Hymeks when they first came in, but didn't see this one.

Lovely to see Lady Of Legend again. I hope we have her back on our railway at a future gala.

And of course our own 2807.

Returning to Dunster with the train pulling away.

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Thursday

A generally quiet day with some of our Thursday regulars away. 

First a catch up on some of Wednesday's activities.

Upholstery had a good turnout and it showed with the progress made with several aspects. The stock of cushions and bags looked as it more had been made as up on the storage rack there was a very impressive quantity.

The seat back from BCK 21092 is progressing with one of the arms now ready for refitting .........

......... and the other currently being re-covered.

The curtain ties for RBr 1675 look as though they have been completed, judging by the number shown above.

Phil had reconstructed most of the counter display unit in 1675.

Pat had had a very good session with the north end of SO 4798. Much of the filler added by Ian on Tuesday had been sanded and it looked like more had been added.

One of the heavy wood plates for the corridor connection had been mounted on the south end of 4798. The two angled plates that will sit either side lay on the tool bench and had been drilled ready for mounting.

On to today's activities.

Maurice preps and then primes new battery box covers that had been completed on Wednesday. Not sure where these are destined.

The little white rounds in the foreground are new door stops for the Monster van, which we could have undercoated in dark grey - forgot with all the other things going on.

Back to the counter in 1675 which Phil completes.

The nice bit of veneer that Robert added on Tuesday. Guess we need to varnish this.

The completed servery which now looks very good. It's not hard to imagine it all filled with biscuits, wrapped cakes, crisps, various bottled drinks, etc.

Alan and Roger were working on more repairs on FK 13329, in particular to the Cotswold side north end door. Alan runs the modified door base against the orbital sander.

The end result which I later stained ready for varnishing.

What was replaced!

Bob and I took a break and watched 3850 heading north.

Phil puts the original batteries back into 1675 after removing the temporary ones from RMB 1876.

We are on the final stages with the exterior repainting of 1675. The whole of the Malvern side was given its second coat of varnish by Bob and Jeff.

How did we miss this bit of the communication cord mechanism and the two flags. It was soon sorted out by Jeff.

So what do we do when 1675 goes out to the Barn on Saturday. A suggestion has been to see what we can do with our very faded Discovery Coach (BG 80893). It is crying out for a repaint,  but the dear old weather is wet on Saturday, and next week temperatures get as high as 24C. Not good news for repaints.

After a survey of 80893, time to enjoy 7903 and approaching 3850 readying for the token exchange.

The road railer is still at Toddington, so the unspoilt cameo with the goods office, wagons and that lovely tree can still be enjoyed both by our passengers and us.

Cheerio 1675. Actually there are still windows and other bits to clean on the outside, Alex still has the coach data to signwrite at both ends, and of course a host of things inside. In the Barn bogies and related items will be the main priority.