Hello and welcome to our first June 2024 update. The team at Quorn have been busy again with the needle gun on the underframe and signwriting brushes out for the east bodyside of the Palvan.
Saturday, Nick and Charlie removed the remains of the original D plates and bolts; these had been snapped off many years ago but the remains and the bolts need to be removed so we can signwrite new D plates.
Ernie went round the underframe with a black touch-up brush attending to any areas missed and also where the D plate remains were. He then did some bauxite touch up along any edges that got missed with the spray gun.
Some new chalk boards were cut then primed and undercoated by Richard.
I got stuck into the Palvan east-side chalking-up and signwriting
The bodyside number, load, wheelbase, tare weight and XP were completed and the 2024 paint symbol added to both sides of the wagon.
Nick and Charlie tackled some of the long grass to the west of the mess coach with the lawn mower.
I also completed the Palvan lettering and Return to Port Sunlight text on the east side.
Both east and west Palvan bodysides are now complete.
On Sunday Oliver and Nick continued with the chalkboard painting in undercoat followed by black gloss.
The Palvan was rolled out of the dock so we could access the east side underframe where Tom got stuck in with the needle gun.
Dan continued work on the west side underframe completing the signwriting of the D-plate and vac release star.
Mark and Tom applied primer to the cleaned up east side underframe.
The end is in sight now for the Palvan, join us again next week, all the best, Dave
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