The last couple of weeks have all been about building window frames, spraying them in etch primer and getting parts prepared for assembling the first replacement window.
Five frames have been constructed so far. Three are in etch primer awaiting attention to the various mountings, one is still in bare metal whilst the first one is painted and today had the delrin fitted to the bottom horizontal ready for mounting the fixed light. The previous days of this week have been spent on chrome vinyl wrapping the fixed centre bar and the visible parts of the inner frame.
New rubber was obtained for the top seal that the droplight closes against and 16mm aluminium channel was cut down to 2.5mm depth to locate this in the top of the window frame. I cut enough pieces of this today to do the whole bus after a trial fit in the first window frame.
Today the fixed glass had the centre bar fitted using black glazing silicone to cement it into the channel in the bar, using pvc tape wrapped around the edges of the glass to give it a bit more thickness to centre it in the channel. I will leave this a couple of days now to fully cure so I can reassemble the whole window ready for refitting in the bus.
