Drilled and countersunk all but the top rail mounting holes in window frame no.1. Cut the aluminium panels for the waistrail below the opening windows.
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9/10/2019
Fitted the lower cladding panel to the first bay of the nearside body today. This involved rolling a curve into the bottom part of the panel to flare it to sit properly against the frame. This was mostly successful but there are one or two creases that will have to be filled if they can’t be knocked out from the other side.
First new panel!
Fitting up cladding panel for bay no. 1
8/10/2019
Corrected the angle of the lower side rod leg between the first and second bays because it was pointing inwards too much. This was fairly easily achieved by sanding the joint surface where it meets the main siderod, but also necessitated re-drilling the gusset bracket lower bolt hole. It is now in a much better position so it was worth it as I can now fit the cladding panel.
Next I prepared the new lower panel by cutting a slight groove roughly 1″ from the bottom edge to facilitate folding the panel round the bottom frame rail. The actual angle of the fold is quite severe and I had to take great care not to cut too deep a groove and ruin the panel, especially at the ends. However this was entirely successful and the panel just needs rolling to fit.