Chipping Away

 Here's a report from Tuesday, and as always we have several different projects to chip away at.

To start with, I went over to Barn 7 to check on the canvas which had been left there on Sunday.  It's draped over several sawhorses, stretching down the aisle.  Most of it was still frozen and stiff, so I left it in place.  We'll check again on Thursday.

Next, I went to look at the 453.  Andy had continued to do some needle-chipping when I left, so here's where he got to.

I spent most of the rest of the day alternating between needle-chipping and wire-wheeling on the letterboard.  The letters have not yet been traced, so we're leaving them alone for now.

But I wasn't the only one.  Frank Kehoe was there, working on the motor truck for the 1754.  He had a lot of needle-chipping to do also, so some of the time we were both using the shop air as fast as we could.  Luckily there was enough for both of us.

There's a lot to do.

And John was working on interior parts for the 306.

While Gerry was grinding away:

and/or torching off parts of the structure that need to be replaced.

I also took a break to put primer on the newly-rebuilt window frame for the 18.

Tim continues to work on building a new door for 50th Avenue.  This:

will replace this.

Meanwhile, I'm still up on the scaffold.  For a little variety, let's see how well the wire-wheel works on the flaking paint inside the car.   Before:

and after a couple of minutes of work:

It actually looks somewhat better than this in person, due to the lighting.  In any case, it should not be too difficult to remove the flaking paint from most of the inside surfaces.  So if anyone would like to be put in charge of the Department of the Interior, submit your resume, character references, and large amounts of unmarked cash to Box 453 in the office, and the winner will be notified as soon as we make a decision.

By the end of the day, I had managed to get this far with both needle-chipping and wire-wheeling.   I can only wish there were an easier way to do this.  But it is what it is.