Played around with paint colours today. An 80/20 mix of brick red undercoat and gloss black gives a good brown suitable for the boot lining plywood.

Fitted steel work for entrance step bay today.  This required a few extra holes.  Still some screws to fit.

Made a joining plate for the forward entrance pillar lower repair section and sanded the repair section to profile.  Etch primed the joining plate which should be paintable tomorrow.

Cut the forward door pillar ready for fitting the repair section and drilled the mounting hole through the steel plating for the entrance steps.  Cut the over-length countersunk bolts to size for mounting the repair section.

Drilled  the repair section and soaked it in preservative ready for priming when dry.