10/11/24 – The GUV and the nearly finished Catfish

Hello everyone and welcome to another update from Quorn.We’re doing a little bit of work behind the scenes on the website, so things may change in the near future but for now we’re using what we’ve got. This week, signwiriting has continued on the Catfish and with some help, we’ve continued cleaning up the GUV.

Firstly, to Mark we wish a happy birthday, and thank you Alison very much for the tasty cake in the shape of our very own 3711.

Dan, Dave and I have pushed on with the signwriting, getting stuck in with the Straw letting, and Dan the white on the solebars.

A team of volunteers from the Young Rail Professionals applied a coat of Maroon gloss to the east side of the GUV. Thank you to those who gave their time!

Mark, Nick, Oliver, Tom and Ernie all started work on the West side of the GUV. Due to the condition of the west side, we’re having to bare metal a fair portion of the vehicle, which got a coat of primer once cleaned of all paint.

By the end of the day, the south-west side of the GUV had been bared and primed, along with parts of the panel the other side of the door. The west side of the Catfish are now complete, with just some signwriting to do on the dock side.

Thanks for reading, next week we should have finished the Catfish and made a good progress on the GUV. Join us then!

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One response to “10/11/24 – The GUV and the nearly finished Catfish”

  1. bandjbarton avatar
    bandjbarton


    What a great job the team are doing. Takes me back to the 1950s when I was an apprentice painter/signwriter in BR workshops at Ashford. Best wishes from an 87 year old retired railwayman. 😀

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