Due to the amount of work still to be undertaken, it was decided Keith would start to clean under the barrel behind the anchor mount and that I would clean the wheel.
Keith has made good progress cleaning the area behind the anchor. So far two areas have been cleaned, which does not sound a lot however due to all the rivets, it is a good advancement. The areas cleaned are the eastern face including the mount and the south face. These are now sitting in primer awaiting their turn for undercoat. The undercoat will commence once all the areas are sitting in primer, which should be within the next couple of weeks.
Meanwhile the wheel has been cleaned both back and front. Compared to 6071, we thought this would be easier to clean, however it isn't. The lack of spokes makes holding the angle grinder difficult in tight spaces and some hard to reach areas were extremely hard to get to. Even with the drill it wasn't easy. However after 4 hours work it was complete and was sitting in primer awaiting its turn for undercoat. Attached is a photo showing the newly primed wheel against an undercoated W bar and a freshly glossed Brake Pin bar.
Copyright Tommy Lees 2014
Eventually this will all look like the hanger, sitting in its lovely black gloss.
I'm ending today's post with the usual request for volunteers to join our group. An imminent Mega Shunt is to occur in Swithland due to the newly created Carriage Shed. The movement of Teak Coaches to this facillity and the MK1s possibly being moved opens up a good advantage for us. All being well, all wagons needing overhaul/restoration work will be grouped together in the yard, allowing us to work on them in time. The list of wagons is rather large and more help would be greatly appreciated. If we had a big group we could possibly work on a couple of wagons simultaneously. Please do get in touch, details found on our website.
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