Week Four Half of the team spent most of Tuesday and Friday continuing working on the P Way department’s tamper by dismantling the track lifting units which, as they’re outside was hot work. Most of the components are seized solid so a degree of drilling out and hammering was required and, once separated, a lot of effort to clean off … Read More
Final Week During the week, the painting work continued and one of the number plates was fitted to the bunker plus a start made on the lining to show how it will finally look. This was mainly for the benefit of visitors to the weekend’s Steam Up and open day at Rolvenden. Some of the insulation for the cylinder area was … Read More
Final Week On Tuesday it was yet more rubbing down and painting of both 4253’s frames and running plates and the top section of Project 2. Friday’s task was to get Project 2 out of the booth and upright which first involved tuning it over so the flat side was on the bottom to safely sit on the skids. It was … Read More
Week Four Four days of working this week as there’s so much to be done prepping 4253 for its proper repaint. The large, flat areas are relatively quick and simple to rub down but the rivet heads (of which there are hundreds) are far more time consuming having to be individually tackled with a wire brush. The boiler’s expansion bracket holding … Read More
Final Week This week involved four days of working parties as some of the team came in on Thursday to finish some jobs off. We started off by removing the denso tape from all the crank pins so they could be thoroughly cleaned up and then measured. At the same time, the holes in the rods for the bushes were also … Read More
Final Week During the week, all the parts drilled and trial fitted last weekend were removed, de-burred and cleaned up. More bits for Project 2 were positioned, marked out and drilled, the painting of Charwelton’ bunker was finished and the Lobo tower dismantled so we could gain access to the rear buffer beam and start painting that. In addition, No … Read More
Final Week (Written on January 1st 2023) Firstly, a Happy New Years to all our readers! Back to normal this week other than packing away all the sales stand paraphernalia on Tuesday. After that is was back to Project 2 and the usual round of drilling, welding and grinding. Another task was modifying an ‘S’ shaped section by cutting a bit … Read More
Week Four During the week, the current project was bought almost to completion with the final exterior seam being welded and then ground back to give a smooth edge. After that it was more cutting and grinding of parts for the next project which took a couple of people most of a day. The painting of Charwelton was progressed with the … Read More