Wednesday 5th July 2023

Worklist:

Footpaths

Factory cladding and roofs

Discuss TV appearance!

Geoff tried out a new pot of paint - Humbrol Dust Wash. He added dabs of other colours as well and after drying out a bit, the effect was slight, but worthwhile. Maybe another coat next week. The landing had a layer of thin card applied, with random stone slabs inscribed. The landing leads to an alley, but because of the fire in the first house, the alley will be blocked off with corrugated iron due to potential wall collapse. There'll be a lot of wild shrubbery as well. 

Stephen pressed on with the factories, first making the rainwater outlet box, then moving on to gluing ridge units in place. More ridges were required, so Geoff fired the 3D printer up.

Then the fascia's were fitted.

Using some left-over 10mm top sections and two standard 'overlap' panels filled the roof length nicely, so Geoff became a corrugated iron printer for the rest of the afternoon.

We just had to discuss Geoff's Appearance on Secrets of the London Underground aired on the evening of Wednesday 5th. He was interviewed by Tim Dunn, standing inside one of the carriages he is overseeing the restoration of at the London Transport Museum workshop. A few hours filming was reduced to a few minutes of TV, but it was good to see Geoff in his 'other' project.

Images from the Yesterday channel programme 'Secrets of the London Underground' broadcast on Wednesday 5th July 2023.