New paint at last!

November 12, 2009 1:00 pmtoNovember 16, 2009 5:00 pm
Two of Hills finest painters set to work on the roof

Two of Hills finest painters set to work on the roof

Thursday 12th November will go down as a landmark date in the history of the mobile cinema KJU 267E. It was on this day that all the years of mechanics, stress and preparation have been leading up to – the day new paint goes on. The roof is the first part of the vehicle to see paint, then followed by the framework for the dome (above the cab)

With all the prep done the cinema desperately needs it paint

With all the prep done the cinema desperately needs its new paint

, the the blue stripe on Friday and the main body the following Monday. Pictures of the full job should be up here by midweek………. (18th Nov, approx).

Wellington Timber save the day

Wellington Timber

Wellington Timber

With the mobile cinema in Hills Body Works it was discovered the state of the wood in the driver’s door wasn’t as good as we’d hoped, and with our resident carpenter Hal unable to work, the repair looked ominous.

Rotten section of driver's door

Rotten section of the driver's door

Thankfully our wood supplier Wellington Timber stepped up and agreed to cut and shape the central, structural piece of wood. This help combined with a talented worker at Hills saw the repair complete and the door refitted with a fresh, new aluminium skin.

National Mobile Windscreens remove glass

Removing the old beading

Removing the old beading

For us this has long been a landmark occasion, keenly and anxiously awaited. However, the boys from National Mobile Windscreens came along and in 10 short minutes made childsplay of taking out the old screen.

The fibreglass repairs on the cab can now go ahead and once the new paint is on, National Mobile Windscreens can return with some brand new window rubber (complete with shiny silver beading) and refit the glass. We’ve recently learned that putting the glass back in is actually the hard part, so it’s fingers crossed in early November when they return.

Meanwhile they’ve taken the glass away, cleaned it up and have it safely stored in their workshop. All part of the service, excellent.

Mobile Cinema booked into Hills Body Works, Exeter.

October 6, 2009 3:00 pmtoNovember 5, 2009 2:00 pm

We’ve agreed a deal with Hills Body Works of Marsh Barton, Exeter to do all the preparatory work for a full body respray, including re-skinning some aluminium panels and glass fibre repair to the cab, then of course the respray itself. By early November the cinema will be returned to its original white and blue colours, giving the whole restoration a massive lift.  Our attention will then move swiftly onto soundproofing the interior cinema space and installing some updated lighting.