I do apologies for the lack of updates over the last few
months, it’s very hard finding time.
Toad 68784
After a long while the door on toad 68784 has been made, its
currently being painted and fitted in time for the gala.
BR Brake
The BR brake vans main hardwood timber frame is progressing
well, a lot of the cut outs for the T&G planking are being machined at the
moment and chamfers put along the edges,
Unfortunately it’s the case of to
get to part A you have to take BCDE apart.
A very temporary shelter has also been erected over the van to try and
keep the timber dry the best we can.
The brake rigging on the Bath end has been overhauled and
painted, Keith and Dave have re bushed one of the hangers and fitted greasing
points to all of them now. All has been
painted and reassembled on the Bath end.
Two of the axle boxes have had new liners welded in, we are just waiting
for the W irons to have new liners welded then the wheel sets can go back
under.
All of the string hangers hare having a bit of TLC, some are
bent, all need to have the wastage welded up and thread recut.
We are getting to the point we need to spend some more serious
money to finish off the Brake van, it’s owned by the trust and as you can imagine
funding is tight. The next stage is to
get the van watertight this involves buying all the exterior T&G planking
as well as the roof planking, after that we need to canvas the roof. The trust has applied for a grant via Aviva
online voting process for charity’s, basically the more votes we get the higher
chance we have to winning the 5K we are bidding for (this would fund the whole project). It would be greatly appreciated if you could spread
the word and vote for us, it’s free and all you have to do it register the link
is
Many
thanks
AVR Wagon Group
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