Welcome to this weeks update from the team at Quorn. We continue to progress work on the three tank wagons 1919, 3606 & 3621; and we help out RVP replacing the TPO equipment.
Tom, Oliver and Nick helped the RVP team.
It’s unusual to find spindle type buffers stuck compressed, however one was noted on Grampus 985884; this was dealt with swiftly by Nick.
The tank barrel on 1919 was keyed with scotch-bright pads ready for its second coat of gloss black.
Some of the underframe areas on tank 1919 that were not accessible with the spray gun, including the new vacuum pipe and the buffers were hand painted in gloss black.
The outer section of the heating coil pipe on 3606 was adjusted slightly to get it level; then the whole pipe was wire brushed and treated to a coat of red-oxide primer.
The new (but slightly over length) buffer mounting bolts and lamp bracket bolts on tank 3621 were trimmed to length and given a coat red oxide primer.
The spray equipment was prepared, a couple of the spray gun air pipe joints re-sealed. The gloss black paint was mixed then measured out for thinning.
Once the thinned paint was mixed thoroughly it was checked for the correct consistency then was filtered into the spray gun pot.
We tackled the two ends of the tank 1919 first, followed by the east side.
The west side was completed in the afternoon.
Further scraping and red-oxide priming was carried out on tank 3621.
Thanks for reading, the next steps for tank 1919 will be detailing, signwriting including the logo application; once we’ve finalised the templates.
As for tank 3621 there is still much to scrape and prime on the underframe, then there’s the tank barrel to sand as well as the Esso logo plate brackets to weld into place.
Join us again next week, all the best, Dave
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