All posts by Nigel

4/8/2019

Red oxided the large bulkhead window and will give the inner side a coat of grey tomorrow.

Painted the back of the aluminium cladding for the window corners with a thin coat of grey ready for fitting.

Grey semi gloss applied to the inside part of the bulkhead window frame today.   Whilst this was curing I finished stripping paint from the panel to the left of the door, ready for fitting the forward lower panel (below the window).   Applied a coat of waxoyl to the steel reinforcer that this panel covers, so as to avoid as much electrolytic corrosion as possible.

In the last hour of the day I started to strip the rearward lower panel of the entrance vestibule.  This needed a few dents knocking out and will probably need further finishing.  I need to have this ready for fitting before I can fit the rearmost window of the entrance vestibule.

Window frame after application of general purpose grey finish

Window frame after application of general purpose grey finish

 

26/7/2019

Hot again today but below 30C so I was able to repair the steel frame of the forward-facing, bulkhead-mounted large entance vestibule window by welding in a new strip along the bottom.  This had rotted due to its contact with the aluminium beading that runs horizontally below the two windows on the front bulkhead.  Hopefully I shall be able finish preparing the window and paint it tomorrow.

Window frame in process of being stripped

Window frame in process of being stripped

Close-up of welded repair to window frame.

Close-up of welded repair to window frame.