The past couple of weeks have once again seen some fantastic progress being made on Brake Coach No.E43172's overhaul
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| Norman and Rob painting the roof |
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| The north sides have their first undercoat applied (east side pictured below) |
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| Norman applying the first top coat of crimson |
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| Back to the patchwork, a rotten half piece of window bottom after being cut out |
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| Replacement piece being welded in |
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| Welding complete |
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| Welds ground back |
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| Filler applied |
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| Michael plasma cutting metal to be used on one of the bottoms of the doors |
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| Michael begins sizing up the metal to the door in question before cutting and bending it into shape |
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| The replacement piece complete, minus having some drain holes cut out on the bottom |
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| Compared with the old one after it had been cut out |
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| After cutting out the old one the replacement piece could be offered up so the holes for the water drains could be marked and cut and any other final adjustments could be made |
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| The following day, after making some adjustments, Michael begins welding the replacement piece on |
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| Over in the guard's compartment end of the carriage, work continues on the framework of the body. In this photo, three of the five horizontal frame stanchions (in this section) have been cut out |
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| The 'after' photo showing what's left of the horizontal stanchions on the vertical stanchion having been ground flat, additionally the 4th and 5th have been cut out |
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| The first new horizontal stanchion after being welded in |
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| Followed by another |
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| Before carrying on with any of the horizontals, attention is turned to the vertical stanchion that they are being welded to. This photo shows the area of the stanchion that has been cut out for replacement |
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| More rotten skin cut out and the new section of the stanchion is almost ready for welding in place |
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| Replacement vertical welded in |
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| Followed by two more horizontals being welded in. Also visible in this photo, at the bottom, is a new plate. This is a doubling plate that is situated between the skin and the stanchions |
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| Steve measuring up the distance of the final horizontal stanchion before welding it in place |
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| All stanchions in. Michael begins measuring up and checking replacement metal for the new skin |
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| Over on the west side of the carriage another window bottom in the process of being cut out |
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| Swiftly followed by a replacement piece being welded in |
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| Work begins on the framework in south west corner of the guard's compartment |
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| Rotten bracket and lower section of the vertical stanchion cut out and the areas cleaned up |
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| New vertical welded in place as well a new section to the doubling plate |
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| Areas of the framework and the edge of the step after being built up with weld |
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| Welds ground back and tidied up |
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| Followed by the replacement bracket being welded in |
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| In the quieter world of the painters, the north east side gets its second top coat |
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| Over on the other side, Norman prepares to apply the second top coat |
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| More top coating on the west side of the carriage |
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| Norman begins cleaning up the north end buffers |
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| Rob drilling holes for the north ends electrical connections |
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