Getting back on track!!….first,,..those of you that I’ve got projects for, please bear with me, this season at the day job has been murder and a real clock bandit …..with Covid restrictions easing late spring, we’ve seen an explosion of work that sucked up 6 days a week….so all of you that have jobs underway, they’re coming!…my season is just beginning to wind down now, so I’ve got more time to dedicate to locomotive work…..so I’m catching up on stuff that’s been here way too long,….
Sid and I are working on what will be the finest 3 rail CV Hudson to grace the rails,……Sid’s CV showed up with a lot of run time, and plenty of abuse, so I’m tasked with a total repaint, and some add on goodies that I’ll let Sid comment on for what he’s gonna do when he gets it back from my shop,…so we’re doing all the repaint work, adding certain details, and of course, swapping out the Pulmor for a Pittman,…Sid wanted to go to the more correct darker shade of what we’ll call the charcoal grey color, and get away from the bright silver,……so for stripping chores, we went with ultra fine glass beading….and I’m glad we did, we revealed some impurities in the casting of the center section, which the blasting easily removed,….so we have a little minor body work to do to the removable center section of the shrouding …..I’m hoping to be in paint today, but we’ll see, I’m not rushing the work,….Sid and everyone else I’ve got work for has had the patience of Jobe, and I appreciate that patience, so for my appreciation, I’ll do the finest jaw dropping work y’all have ever seen!!….let’s get to work!…
Pat 
