Easter Workday

Today work continued on 547. Stephen and Ben stripped the paint from a few more panels and sanded some of the panels already stripped. They found it went much quicker working as a team. As can be seen from the previous photos it is necessary to have proper masks as the fumes are quite strong. This also allows them to do a good impression of Darth Vader. One side of the Economy saloon is almost finished.

Jim removed the last panel from under the windows on the end of the cars. Previously these had been timber panels with five covers strips however at some time they had been covered with masonite and only the side strips. We will be returning it to the former setup.

If more people were available to help we will be able to get this car looking much better very soon. The next big job is recladding the sides. The cladding is on hand. Alan is repairing the end posts and then we will start on the sides.