The last few days were spent repairing the missing section of the roof over the entrance door. The repair sections have been bonded and riveted and await fixing back to the cant rail. Before I can do this, I have to install the replacement “arch” fairing panel over the entrance steps, so I spent yesterday and today making that panel by shaping it around the remains of the original panel then wiring and rolling the edge bead.
New fairing for the entrance with the original, rotten, item behind.
The final piece of glass for the nearside turned out to have been cut incorrectly so I was very annoyed not to be able to complete the installation of the windows. This means I cannot carry on as planned, so in the meantime my attention has turned to repairing the roof over the entrance. The first two sections have been riveted in, the last piece should go in tomorrow then I will make the decorative arch fairing that goes over the door and under the roof cladding.
Today I installed the plain window, last but one towards the rear of the bus. I started to assemble the last window, cut the rubber to size and drilled the frame only to discover the glass had been cut incorrectly, so I will not be able to complete the nearside windows this year.
As it is the end of the year, a summary of work completed in the last twelve months is appropriate.
Looking back, the work completed this year comprises:
Droplight window frames, full set of 8 completed, four assembled, several with new glass, and fitted to nearside along with one plain window opposite the emergency exit.
Entrance steps finished.
Rear window removed, frame repaired and window refitted with new seal.
Corner panels removed, stripped, reshaped and repaired then refitted.
Boot rebuilt, including the steel stress panel that closes off the front, framing around the door opening, the boot inner walls and I reskinned the boot doors.
Nearside cladding panels installed below the windows.