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Queen Mary at Princes Dock basin, Glasgow in February 2017 by Kenny Whyte
In February, the funnels, which had received a white primer
coat at Greenock, were painted "yellow" in a colour specially
formulated by International Paints from analysis of an old funnel paint
chip to recreate the colurs of 1948 as closely as possible (completed
February 16th). The redundant air conditioning units on the observation
deck were also removed (February 25th), and work proceeded apace
stripping out old internal fitting and much of the internal cladding
which had become rotten during her years of cold lay-up at
Tilbury
See also : Queen Mary at Prince's Dock on 16th April 2017 by Gordon Stewart
Above
: One can almost imagine the Caledonian's Queen Mary and the LNER's
new Waverley, the pride of each fleet, preparing to compete for custom
in the 1947 season. LNER's boats did not sail from Glasgow, so it was
not until much later that both could be seen at Glasgow (particularly
in 1976 and 1977)
Below : 20th May 2017
Above : Queen
Mary at Princes Dock basin, Glasgow, on 20th May 2017 (Photo by Kenny Whyte). With
the air conditioning units and ice cream bar on the observation deck
aft now removed she is now recognisably much closer to her 1948-1956
profile
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