The only work I managed to do this week was to photograph all the characters on a number blind roll to send to PWC Replica Blinds for the front destination box.

I started this week by priming the derusted rollers in the rear route number box.  Whilst this cured, I sorted out three rolls for the rear box and determined that I need three new ones, so must organise that this week.  After that, I cleaned and primed the  right-hand upright of the windscreen opening and the moulding  over the front mudwing, then started cleaning the remaining paint off the valance underneath the front destination box and priming the steel screw heads and steel section of the valance with No.1 rust beater.  This is all in preparation for painting the front of the bus assembling and fitting the windscreen.  I primed the top horizontal of the windscreen aperture next.  I next started filling the gaps in the beading with Finissage around the front and cab of the bus, this was something Duncan had noticed on his last visit and needed doing before undercoat was applied.

This week’s work has been concerned with the rear route number box.  I removed the outer panelwork around the  box  with a view to removing the number roll frame, but found that ti required a lot of work that was likely to be very difficult and invasive, so I decided not to proceed with that but to treat the visible corrosion of the window frame at a later date, concentrating instead on removing rust from the centre rollers instead.  I also decided to change the bulbs in the front destination box from 20W to 12W, these have now arrived so that will be a relatively easy job for next week.