Hello everyone. After the quick turnaround last weekend on A6090, this weekend we’ve made a start on 3777.
Some mid-week work to cover first though where Tom popped to Rothley in the week to finish the details on A6090 including touching in the black paint and the white paint for the handrbake ends and the vacuum swannecks.
First on the weekend list is an initial scrape down with everyone getting stuck in.
Dave and I escaped for a little while outside to A6090 to measure up for the signwriting templates.
One of the wooden air brake pipe supports was found to be rotten, so a new block was made and fitted, though with only me able to get in and drill the new mounting holes.
One label clip and block was retrieved from Quorn and fitted
Dave and I took a side and an end each to sand with the rotary sanders to smooth off the surface ready for undercoating.
The main event on Sunday was of course the undercoating of the tank, keeping me busy all day.
Not wanting to be left out, Mark and Tom each grabbed a brush and got stuck in with the boxes behind each headstock and then the south end.
The tank is sat in undercoat, curing in the safe confines of the shed. I’ll leave you with a wintry, festive picture taken by Tom. Join us again next weekend and see how we get on with 3777.
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