Class 108 DMU Coachlining, Aug '26

The thicker stripe below the windows has been completed on both the power car and trailer car using the technique previously outlined in our last Class 108 DMU Coachlining article.

Addition of the thinner stripe is now underway on the trailer car.

Power Car

Trailer Car

The second part of the coachlining to be attempted was the thinner stripe above the windows, which would be 25mm, rather than the 40mm of the thicker stripe.

Again the same technique was utilised as per our first Class 108 DMU Coachlining article.

Masking

However, the check by eye became even more important as it became evident that neither the top of the windows nor the gutter line could be relied upon to be straight or parallel to the rest of the body.

It was decided that the top of the windows was the more important to follow initially with any final alterations being made after a visual check from the side of the car prior to any paint being applied.

Painting

Once the masking was complete then two coats of the cream coach enamel were applied, allowed to dry until slightly tacky and then the masking tape removed to give the completed stripe.

The work was made more complicated and time consuming by needing to work off ladders or portable scaffold tower (if space permitted) rather than the step ladders utilised previously.

As before the stripe has to be applied in sections and it will take a number of sessions to complete each car.

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Alan Jackson