Fitted the bulkhead window today. I found I was unable to use some of the existing holes for screwing to the frame because the holes had become enlarged so the heads on the screws were passing through. So I had to drill a few new ones.
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4/8/2019
Red oxided the large bulkhead window and will give the inner side a coat of grey tomorrow.
Painted the back of the aluminium cladding for the window corners with a thin coat of grey ready for fitting.
Grey semi gloss applied to the inside part of the bulkhead window frame today. Whilst this was curing I finished stripping paint from the panel to the left of the door, ready for fitting the forward lower panel (below the window). Applied a coat of waxoyl to the steel reinforcer that this panel covers, so as to avoid as much electrolytic corrosion as possible.
In the last hour of the day I started to strip the rearward lower panel of the entrance vestibule. This needed a few dents knocking out and will probably need further finishing. I need to have this ready for fitting before I can fit the rearmost window of the entrance vestibule.
Window frame after application of general purpose grey finish
27/7/2019
Finished stripping the bulkhead window frame. Cleaned the paint off the window rubber and used rejuvenating solution to finish it. Vactan’d and rusty bits and painted on some etch primer on the bare metal bits including the welded repair.