LMSCA Carriage Roof Canvassing

[@Living_Life_RN]

What you guys do over in the carriage shops is absolutely fantastic! I’ve seen 7828 running in and out of Rowsley for quite a while and the sight never looks old.

[@FilmNfool]

i am researching the use of canvas for a caravan build that i'm presently working on. Many thanks for you tutorial on the subject !

[@weldagirl]

Great video, thanks for letting me know I'm not the only person in the world restoring a historic carriage. I'm in New Zealand painstakingly saving an 1947(?) Guardsman Van from decay. It is in our garden and will be used for accommodation. I am not certain this will please you! I you all feel like a field trip I would happily host you in return for your knowledgable labour. Keep up your good work and excellent videos. Regards Sharon.

[@alanlmsca]

Glad it is of use. Hope all goes well with your canvassing. It'd be great if us carriage restorers could post a few 'how to' videos for us all to learn from. When we finish the roof off in the spring, I'll get my video camera out again to show us finishing the job off. I also have a cunning plan to do a little tips video too, but I'll have to see what time allows.

[@alanlmsca]

Hello there. Many thanks. Glad you liked our little video. There are quite a number of carriage groups in the UK - we even have carriage restorers conventions! Hey it is great you are looking after your carriage on rails or not! All the very best with it's restoration. Likewise if you ever come over to the UK you can check us out. You'll have to post some videos an let us know. Best wishes Alan

[@alanlmsca]

Thanks. It was fairly hard work, but I had the easy job of just pointing the camera. I think the hard work side of it doesn't matter when you consider how much fun it was working together and then being able to stand back at the end of the day and see what you've accomplished together.

[@alanlmsca]

Glad it was of interest. If we do any other similar activities, I'll get my video camera out again!

[@snufflestan6302]

I am carriage roofer myself on canvas roofed train carriages and steel carriages as well, and yes it is. Very labour intensive as I learnt in my earlier years. Now a head roofer for quite few years it is nice to people do their trains roofs with pride........sadly it is not like in the railway I am in. They rush it in and rush it out only to find that they have redo it again. Been the only women is hard as some men object to it. I went by saying: “If they can do it,then I can do it too, bit slower” But as I am a short person I have my own style that seem work with the old art of carriage roofing

[@alanlmsca]

Great to hear you do carriage roofs as well. We are volunteers on a preserved railway and it was the first time we had put a canvas on a roof before, so it was a bit of a learning curve. You wouldn't have men objecting to ladies working on carriages over here. We have lady steam loco drivers and have had ladies work on the carriages as well. All the best with your work. :)

[@snufflestan6302]

alanlmsca Yes I am all in for a gender free and choice in what work the volunteer chooses,from carriage carpentry work to conductor on the train with passenger services plus loco crew staff and loco maintenance etc.

[@alanlmsca]

Well, fortunately over here we have anti-discrimination laws, which is a good thing. As far as I'm concerned it doesn't matter what 'shell' you are in.

[@andyb1139]

Is the yellow peril, in effect, putty thinned with linseed/white spirit? Asking... as I have a roof to bed on a wagon in Norway, and TR Williamson isnt locally available....

[@alanlmsca]

I'm not sure, but I think so. You could try getting in touch with TR Williamson to find out and see if you have a local provider. Local boat builders might have something similar. Hope that helps and all the best with your wagon restoration project. :)

[@TheHamadanners]

Looks like forbiden peanut butter

[@alanlmsca]

It it was, it was the smooth version :D