Monday saw most of the regular weekday workers in Barn 4 again, and we managed to get quite a bit done.
With some help from John Sheldon, I removed all of the screws holding one baggage rack in place, and we were able to get it down with damaging anything. These things are long and very heavy. I finally gave up on trying to get it out the east end of the car, and we carried it to the west end.
But with the baggage rack out of the way, the upper wall panels are easily accessible for stripping.
These are the "before" pictures, but I didn't get around to the "after" pictures. Sorry.
During the day, I also painted the roof fuse box, installed it, and attached one of the cables. The other cable needs its connector soldered back in place.
Speaking of baggage racks, the racks for the Electroliner were sent out for stripping to a place that does this sort of thing. Much easier and more effective than trying to do it ourselves. Here Pete and Ed are looking over the results, with satisfaction. These baggage racks are in sections that are much smaller and lighter than the ones on the 453. Just my luck.
Tim continues to remove parts from the 2872 to prepare it for restoration, but I didn't get any pictures today.
Finally, we have arrived at the point where the 306 is getting new paint. John spent much of the day painting the lower parts of the north side with primer, and it looks great. By the end of the day he had finished the entire side.
Finally, while it was too hot to work on the roof for very long, I found time to put some more canvas paint on the extra pieces for climbing, which needed it.
As usual, it won't be nearly so outlandish in natural light, after drying.
2 comments:
You might want to remove the car cards while you work in the car. They are important historic artifacts.
Ted Miles, IRM Member
Yes, I know. But trying to remove them will almost certainly rip them, so it’s better to cover them with pieces of cardboard.. That will be next. In any case, it’s nice to know somebody cares.
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