GWR Ocean Mails Coach 185

Repair work is underway on this vehicle after discovering the filler over the screwheads holding the metal cladding in place is coming away.

This is the downside to the  exceptionally hot weather which causes the panels to move causing any loose screws to pull out of the wood.

The protective varnish has fractured and crazed on the side facing the sun.

We remove the loose screws, then insert wooden doweling and glue, and use brass screws to replace rusted away steel ones.

Keith noticed a brass door handle falling off, the woodwork in the door had to be repaired to mount it successfully again.





 

The next photos shows a bodged attempt to repair a split in the door stile.

Car Body filler has been used to hide the split and as ever this achieves little.

So out it came, the crack thoroughly cleaned out, then glued, and clamped.

 

The door is now structurally stronger now the vertical split has been glued