Today Frank and I did more on repainting the exterior of the 309. We started by putting a coat of blue on the letterboard and upper siding of the south side of the car. We didn't want to paint in direct sunlight, since the paint dries too fast.
However, there's just enough room to fit the rolling scaffold between the wall of the barn and the car at the east end of the barn, so we ran the car out, and then moved it in eight or ten feet at time to paint each section. We took turns painting on the scaffold, and whoever wasn't on the scaffold did the red striping on the north side of the car, or miscellaneous tasks such as getting cold pop! (One of the advantages of working as a team is that we can take pictures of each other.)
Finally, Frank did some blue on the #1 end of the car; a second coat on the metal plate over the door, and a first coat of blue over whatever was in brown primer, as seen to the right.
Today Frank and I did more on repainting the exterior of the 309. We started by putting a coat of blue on the letterboard and upper siding of the south side of the car. We didn't want to paint in direct sunlight, since the paint dries too fast. 
However, there's just enough room to fit the rolling scaffold between the wall of the barn and the car at the east end of the barn, so we ran the car out, and then moved it in eight or ten feet at time to paint each section. We took turns painting on the scaffold, and whoever wasn't on the scaffold did the red striping on the north side of the car, or miscellaneous tasks such as getting cold pop! (One of the advantages of working as a team is that we can take pictures of each other.)
Finally, Frank did some blue on the #1 end of the car; a second coat on the metal plate over the door, and a first coat of blue over whatever was in brown primer, as seen to the right.
I used to think that the exterior paint on the 309 looked good, but it's amazing to see what a fresh coat does. The change is apparent on the shot of the end of the car.
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