The Clock Is Ticking

 As the year quickly draws to a close, another busy Tuesday provides the substance for our latest report.  I spent the time painting the 453's roof with a finish black, as seen in these pictures.  First, the center was rolled with a long-handled roller.

After that was done, the one remaining grab iron was removed.  It shouldn't be necessary to climb onto the roof again until the canvas is ready to be placed on it.

Then I went along with the roller to finish off the sides.  The scaffolding makes it easy.

It looks nice, if I may say so myself.

That just leaves the bottom edges of the tack molding, which will be exposed after the canvas is attached.  So that has to be painted with a brush.  

I managed to get all the way around the car.

And it then looks like this.  Two corners are not yet complete, they're one day behind.  But otherwise the painting is finished.  The next steps will be to order the canvas and start making saddles.

Meanwhile, Gerry was working on steel repairs to the 306.  Here he is grinding metal parts that will be welded in tomorrow.

And John was working all day on woodwork for the interior of the 306.

This, for instance, is a window shade track with the ratchets for the window latches.

Tim has made more progress on the ticket window.

By the way, I might mention that work on the interior of the Electroliner is continuing at a steady pace.  There's at least one person working there nearly every day.  However, they prefer to remain as safe as possible, and thus the Liner is open only to the restoration crew.  So, as much as I'd like to be able to provide progress photos, we'll just have to wait.  I'm sure you will understand.  Of course, if anyone on the crew wants to send us updates, we'll be happy to publish them!