| Sunday 3rd saw 3 volunteers working on various tasks. Joan was sanding down more of the bodyside air filter trays and then painting them as well as needle gunning the holder for the windscreen washer bottles. Doug assisted Chris with cleaning number one cab so that it can be finally finished off. Numerous other items were rubbed-down and painted during the day. Sales of items advertised on www.ebay.co.uk have been steady with all profits going into a bank account set up to hold funds for the locomotive. Sunday 17th saw 5 people beavering away on the loco. The heat exchanger was finally removed from the engine room. Work recommenced on number 1 cab with the floor being needle-gunned then painted with anti corrosion paint. More bodyside filter trays were rubbed down and painted and the hotplate was also tackled. We are still missing a hotplate so if anyone knows where we can get hold of one please get in touch! Thanks to Adrian & Captain Chaos for assisting the usual team of Doug, Joan & Chris. Sunday 24th was very quiet at the loco. Work continued with the cab floor at No. 1 end and the hotplate was finished in primer. Various tasks to keep the loco watertight were also done - good job really because it started pouring down about half five! Friday 29th saw one of the Driver's seat armrests covered in new material - something to do when you can't get to sleep near midnight! The Bank Holiday was a good chance for some serious work to be undertaken. Saturday 30th saw Moff turn up yet again to carry on with the welding of the headcode box at Number 1 end. More of the cab floor in no. 1 cab was needle-gunned then painted as were a few of the pipes that hide under the floor. The hotplate was undercoated as was two new sheets of metal for the cab side interior and numerous other small items. A bit of trackwork was done at the end of the day to use all of the daylight. |
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