The newly fabricated step section has been installed and work in the cab has continued with rubbing down the brown undercoat and recoating in places. The floor strips for the cab entrance were derusted and painted, one new piece had to be made due to rot but the curved section was treated by trimming off the rotten 3/8″. These were then fitted and primed. The step was finished with a piece of chequer plate.
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9/04/2023
Much more painting has been done in the cab this week and it is getting close to being ready for topcoat. The missing step section has been succesfully fabricated, and painted. Some painting in the destination box has started and some white gloss applied, not very succesfully. White undercoat will be better.
19/03/2023
From this post onwards, the date in the title represents the “week ending” so will usually be a Sunday. The new inner stress panel for the o/s of the cab has been painted on the outside and fitted. Prior to this, the woodwork around that area was sanded and primed. The outside dash panel under the windscreen has been cleaned back to bare metal and primed. The cab floor immediately above the steps has beed cleaned back to bare metal and primed to facilitate refitting the floor section that joins this to the new stress panel. All the woodwork inside the cab has been primed ready for brown undercoat.
A wiring diagram for the cab was created and uploaded to the documents page.