All Dressed in White!

The last of a century's wear and tear disappeared under white primer today as the running gear received its first coats.

It's about a week short of a year from the day we first brought the beautiful carriage home.

Think we'll celebrate tonight!:o)

Some of my friends reading this encouraged me to replace the "perch bolt" and the "king bolt"  shown in this picture with authentic reproductions in the early stages of the project.  Would you repeat the advice?  :o)  Not only gorgeously authentic, but new and perfectly sound as well.

Now it is easy to savor the beautiful details without the distraction of ugly scars and nasty old paint, dirt and rust.

A real challenge awaits, trying to put a nice paint job on this very complex assembly!

The gear will receive a few more coats of primer, followed by the reasonably pleasant task of wet sanding the gear and rest of the parts that are at that stage.

Then...

PAINT!