Wednesday 20th November 2024 After the snow fall yesterday followed by an overnight frost conditions outside mean interior work so a day on the lights, brush cleaning then a walk down to the line works carriage in the sidings.

                               The view from the workshop door and the Cotswold hills are white

                                        

A bit more work on converting and restoring the gas lights for the line van. refitting the brass screws after a quick polish then onto the dome bezels. 

                                                    A before and after initial clean

                                

                                                                Then a polish

                                                 

                                             All 3 are now getting near and looking a lot better.

Mean while Greg has discovered the paint brushes we need have gone hard and are even after sitting in the bucket of cleaner for a long while so a mass comb and clean task starts and dirty solutions are changed.
                                             

The old BR watering can now has a new bottom and holds water with no leakage it now needs a clean to remove the algae but not damage the galvanised finish.

            

The in was a walk down the line to the Wagon Teams 100 year old line workshop carriage.

First task was to get the left sliding door going full travel with no foul the top rail has already been raised a few mm,

                                           

 but the door stops half way, rotating the bar lifts the rear enough to clear so it runs smoothly so our reasoning is at 100 years old the bar has sagged with the weight on it so screws out turn and screw into it's new position

                     

                              The open view with covers off and the patchy roof paint

                                

                                         Now all back together and the freshly painted roof

                                     

After the adjustments the lock does not click shut to secure the door which is now a must as it freely slides. Closer investigation showed that the spring was weak and the catch was not dropping fully

The catch was stripped and a new spring fitted at the same time metal was removed from the frame to allow the catch to travel down further.

The outer handle ring was broken so this has been stripped and a new piece glued on the side ready for shaping when it is dry                                                                 

                                            

                                              Then it was home to get warm.