A good day with just the core team of three in nice mild weather. I had collected the steel plates for the dash panels and the first thing to do was to try one in situ

It certainly changes the appearance of the tram.  Once I had marked out various things on it Ian then took the two panels to give them a coat of primer. Meanwhile Jim and I started by marking out the seat nosings for the saloon ready to cut the mortises that hold the frames.   After we had drilled them Jim cut them out while I cut the tenons on the frames.  By the end of the day we were able to test assemble the frames into the C side nosing.

Here it is with all the frames fitted but not yet screwed into place.  Jim is working on cutting the mortises in the A side nosing.  Suddenly after many months of measuring and preparation we have what is starting to look like a seat.  Meanwhile Ian got started on putting a coat of varnish on the seat latts so that we can start to screw them into place next week.  All in all a good  days work.  Away from the tram the brake rodding is progressing and hopefully should be ready next week.