Hello all, thanks for joining us for another update from Quorn. Nick has been away on a scout camp, so its been down to the rest of the team to hold the fort. We’re one wagon plate away from finishing the Pipe, and A6090 has been moved to the dock and needlegunned on the west side.
Before getting onto the main event, Barry and I fixed the Hydrovane. Barry had got the feed pipe made new during the week, and I’d got a new compressor air inlet filter. I also managed to find a new oil filter in our spares and some appropriate oil to give the engine an oil change.
Barry then carried on with the needle gun, this time on the west side underframe and south headstock of A6090.
Sunday was a much warmer and, according to the forecast, drier day than Saturday so I bit the bullet and decided that today would be varnishing day. Mark, Oliver and Dan joined me in spreading some ‘Rothley Nectar’ over the bauxite paintwork on the Pipe
Tom carried on where Barry had left off with the West side underframe. Mark and I got in on the action once we’d finished varnishing.
Dan had another go at signwriting, this time the wagon plate on the west side of the Pipe.
That wraps up the work undertaken this week. Next weekend is the Autumn Steam Gala, but we’ll be continuing the push on the tanks. See you again next week!
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