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Wednesday
Nov092011

Another cooler Wednesday, well it is well into November I suppose.  Jim spent the day installing bodyside trim.  These are small mouldings that cover all the joints at the edge of the panels.  He cut  and shaped them last week and then primed them.  Today he pre-drilled them and put the stainless steel pins part way through before applying mastic and then hammering them home.  They make C side look nearly finished.  Ian put more coats of paint on various bits of metalwork and then spent the rest of the day rubbing down the paint on D end staircase and putting a smooth coat of primer on one stringer.  It looks very different.  I spent all day working on the design of the seat frames and by the end of the day had made three different protypes in 6mm ply before I got the shape that worked.  Now I need to remake the sample seat and try it in place.  We also had various visitors, including three other LTHS Committee Members and also Laurence Dutton from the Crich Workshop.  Laurence had very kindly produced some sample paint panels so that we can start ordering the undercoat and top coat for the body.  The primrose looks very nice and will set off the chocolate and white very nicely.  In the meantime I am carrying on with the drawings for the rest of the brake gear and hopefully will be able to order our last two patterns soon.

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