A surprising find

Just a quick post today. Work on Tuesday concentrated upon the east side of the barrel once more, with progress advancing even in this cold weather. Whilst cleaning back, the above was found. Believed to be apart of the original livery, it seems it is the contents logo, and was painted over in future re-paints. This will sit on the side until measurements have been taken, hopefully this Tuesday, then this can be cleaned and hopefully primed before Christmas.

With Christmas approaching, work is inevitably going to be hit and miss due to weather and commitments. Hopefully, the east side should be fully in primer before the new year.

Update

Just a short post to update you all on latest progress.

Work has been continuing on the east side of the barrel. Approx 2/3rds of this side is now sitting in primer with the rest moving rapidly along. The group now has access to two ladders which makes it easier to attack both ends simultaneously. Hopefully the weather picks up before it gets worse so that it can have undercoated applied.

The brakes are still awaiting the support blocks which sit inside the metal bars for extra strength. These have been cut and are awaiting delivery. Apart from a couple of bolts missing from a couple of buffers, we would have thought the bottom may be done, however on Tuesday it was noticed the first layer of gloss seems to have a habit of flaking off. This generally seems to be the areas that have been previously cleaned before we started work, however it isn't a big job and will be corrected when we apply the second coat of gloss.

As you can read, a finish is definitely in sight, with the autumn gala 14 looking promising for its debut. If you would like to help in achieving this then do get in touch. Work isn't going to stop either once in service, we are already in discussion with our new project owner, as well as the intention to have multiple projects on going at once...keep your eyes posted on future posts