Repport from Esbjerg

December 2003

Painting all big parts. The company - Esbjerg Paints - has sponsored all paint. All parts are painted two times with primer and one time with enamel color. Parts that shall appear white are first primed with white primer, then with red primer and at last with white enamel color. Red parts vice versa. The reason for this is that the contrast gives better quality by painting. For the time being rollers, flywheel, forecarriagehead, fork and tender are finished.

Gerhardt is straightening the extension of the new boiler shell (smoke box support ring) making the holes supporting the forecarriagehead in right position and the front roller parallel with the rear rollers.

Per is straightening and repairing the four sliced bolts which are supporting the ash box below the firebox.