Today was our first chance to see Tilly May in her full livery, she is not finished yet but one side is done, which was enough for us to decide we had made the right choices. The teal, dark blue and cream work well together, although the photos is not an accurate reproduction of the colours you can get a good idea of how she looks. The depth of shine and quality of the finish is fantastic. Considering all the issues we had with micro blisters and rust, the extra work and cost in taking her back to metal was the right choice. Darran and Andy at JD Narrowboats have done us proud.
Monday TM will be spun around so the other side can be finished before she comes out of the water for some work to the tiller bottom bearing and a repair to the bow thruster. We expect her to come out of the water next weekend so the sign writer can do his stuff. Darren put us in contact with Mike Norton whom we met for the first time today.
Nice chap, very talented sign writer with a wealth of ideas for TM. We have agreed a design which is more artwork than I initially thought, but Mike had so many good ideas we got a bit carried away.
It is hoped that all will be finished two weeks today so looking forward to a run out on the Sunday.
Finally one other importance piece of information.
I ONLY HAVE TWO MORE DAYS OF WORK BEFORE I BECOME A MAN OF LEISURE!
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