Apologies for the lengthy gap again with the blog posts. Gerry must still be away and a number of us didn't go in on both Wednesday and Thursday because of the heat.
Just when you think that our work on this coach must be about finished, BSK 35308 still keeps coming up with more to be repaired. Robert and Chris are sorting out a door liner for the Cotswold side luggage compartment.
Ken was later drilling holes for refitting the capping strip.
Some work will need to be done on the opposite liner as well.
In the Barn James is investigating the roof at the north end of SK 25451.
With the gutter removed the extent of the corrosion really shows up. The next section of gutter will also need to be taken off. Part of the passcomm equipment may also need removing if the corrosion has extended below the roof level, which seems likely judging by that vertical area with the paint removed.
General views of the roof indicate plenty of work needed to get this cleaned up and repainted.
Simon continues the boxing in of the plumbing in the GW Inspection Saloon's kitchen.
The part that Neil was recently working on.
The other end of the wall unit, and below Simon with what looks to be the cover for this.
It's Railway Headboard Weekend with a variety of headboards on display over the two days. "The Cornishman" headboard looks great on "Betton Grange".
The Royal headboard on 3850.
Taking a break in the shade of the Paintshop and toilet block, and watching the trains.
Chris videos "The Cornishman" as it departs for Toddington.
[Photo : Paul W] Phil rescued and released a dragonfly which had flown into the Coffee Pot Cafe.
I was so busy chatting to Laura and Carol that I forgot to ask what they were making - bookmarks or keyrings, although Laura was using the cardboard as a template.
A nice row of the new doorstops.
Plenty of painting on the trestles for Ian. Derek's planks for more Shark repairs are being undercoated, and below a top coat of Exec Light Grey on the operating manual box for the Weed Spraying wagon.
There were also grab handles to paint black.
Inside the Mink D van Maurice continues the ceiling undercoating.
Paul prepares the primed roof battens for the various parts of the van, drilling the screw holes where needed and labelling each according to location.
Alex prepares his Mink D templates with French chalk ready to add the number and weight information to the Malvern side.
Now that mystery bit of cut wood which was on the trestles for quite a while. As requested it had been primed, undercoated and painted black. It turned out to be a replacement for one of the lifting sections of the Cotswold side footboard on the LMS Brakevan.
Now on the SO 4798 and the final day of varnishing. There were two remaining sections, one on each side.
Graham started on the top part, and once well enough ahead, was joined by Alex on the lower part.
Now for the Malvern side, with the same actions as the Cotswold side. Alex had other things planned but I am very grateful for his help today.
Graham then added a second coat to both sides of the connection at the south end.
Yippee, that's it!
We've finished the main external repaint.
On Thursday the Indoor Gang had added the fittings to the second of the two new cupboards in the central vestibule. I gave the tops and newly added side beading another coat of varnish.
A new and lengthy task is to clean up as much as possible the outer faces of the bogies and give each a coat of black MIO. Ian and Graham went round and vacuumed up all the dust, which made a surprising difference and made the bogies look a lot better than we thought would be the case.
As we were leaving the Paintshop to go up to the Mess Room, Alex spotted some scotch brite marks on the lower section of the north end door and the corner. The upper section looked ok, but somehow the lower had been missed. Alex quickly knocked up a thinned batch of varnish and soon sorted it out.
The heat waves have certainly held up the completion of SO 4798. By now we had hoped to have had all the Paintshop work finished and the coach in the Barn. With an official tour of the Works next Saturday and the Diesel Gala the weekend after that, it looks as though we will have to postpone the shunt for a couple of weeks. However it will create a very fine display for both the tour and our Gala visitors. The bogie clean up and painting will also be a lot easier to do here.
The End of Day Tea Club was in for another treat. There was a Fish ad Chip Special running this evening, so Rose nipped along to the station where all the cooking was taking place in the yard and ordered the portions. The Mess Room was still too warm for comfort, so we relocated to the Goods Office garden and sat under the oak tree. This time we had all the necessary condiments.
And then there was the view.
What a lot of work you did. You earned the fish and chips! and as you said the view completes the scene. It would be a high class reatauran that had a view like that!
ReplyDeleteRegards, Paul, in sweltering Cornwall.