Autumn/Winter 2017
After a deal of filling and sanding, then masking off all the exposed varnished woodwork, Don C and Jim P painted the ceiling of 27389 with two coats of primer/undercoat followed by a coat of satin-finish white. Graham W then screwed the repainted ceiling vent covers back into place and helped with the removal of the polythene masking. A new volunteer, John Russell, made up two new plywood panels to replace damaged ones beneath the windows. These were subsequently stained to approximately match the original saloon panels.
Robbie Thomson, Stuart Sellar snr. and Jim Pairman set about rebuilding the toilets of 27389. Much of the wall panelling had to be stripped out then replaced with new plywood. Joints were covered by replacement mouldings which also had to be made anew. The two large vertical supports for the wash-hand basin were fitted in place and the basin and lavatory pan installed.
Master plumber Robbie Thomson fitted all the required piping to both toilets of 27389 as well as fitting the assembly backing the toilet pan which houses the fold-down wash-hand basin and the hinged mirror. Cunning bit of LMS design there! As one of the loo seats could not be found (but its cover was found), a new one was made by Don in one piece from mahogany. After sanding, it was then varnished.