Yesterday and today were spent making adjustments to the window frame to ensure the fittings for the fixed light and droplight fit properly. Holes were drilled for the side pieces and all the screws ordered. New pads for the screws for these fittings were made out of Delrin, initial trial show these will work well. The last thing I did today was cut an 8″ x 7/8″ strip of Delrin to form the rounded corner.
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26/9/2019
Fitted the fairing that abuts the entrance and joins the body to the nearside front wing. Mostly straightforward, it still needs a couple of screws to fasten it to the canopy. Next, I completed the preliminary welding of the window frame today and fitted the mud protector to the bottom of the front bulkhead behind the nearside front wing. This is still in primer so needs a coat of silver hammerite to finish it off.
23/9/2019
The last few days have been spent building and refining the first replacement window frame. This is now largely complete and just requires tidying up some of the welding when a new bottle of gas has been acquired. Much has been learnt in this process and the next window pan will hopefully take much less time to make.
Window pan prior to final finishing
View from the left