Painting the 308

The current maintenance project, when I'm not operating or on vacation, has been repainting the 308 exterior.  The car was painted back about 2002, and the blue is still in good condition, but the Fleet Grey parts had become somewhat discolored.  Earlier this year all this was sanded down and spot primed.   Here we're looking up at the bottom of the upper siding.

One side was repainted a month or two ago, and I'm working on the other side.  Here's what the finished paint looks like.  About 3/4 of this side has now been done.  It was just too hot to finish yesterday.  The red stripes also need to be redone.

Tim continues work on the roof of the 1754.   As usual, it looks great.  The canvas has so far absorbed 11 gallons of paint, and counting.  

Finally, an update on the model railroad/library building.  All of the steel needed for the building was ordered earlier in order to avoid price increases, and has been stockpiled on the property under tarps.  The next step will be to pour the slab along Central Ave.  They plan to complete construction of the building's exterior by the end of this construction season, and do all of the interior work over the winter, so it can be opened for use next spring.

And here is the pile of metal parts for our model railroad building kit:

The styrene parts still need to be ordered, not to mention all the Xacto knives and glue we'll need.