Just three of us today - Jim, Ian and myself.  Ian spent the day putting a coat of undercoat on the brake rigging and then got back to the varnishing of seat latts.  They are nearly all done with their first coat.  Jim and I continued with the saloon seats.   Jim spent the morning making the final adjustments to the C side seat base so that it fits with enough clearance to be removed but not too much so that it rattles.  I continued with A side seat base.  the first task was to put a spare latt along the backs of the frames to hold the whole structure in alignment while the actual latts are screwed on.

   Here you can see the frame with the spare latt being screwed onto the rear extensions of the frames.

Then the assembly was turned over and the first 4 latts screwed on from the rear to make it square.  It was then put into the tram upside down, trimmed roughly to length and clamped to the rear bearer ready for screwing the remainder of the latts on next week.   The saloon looked like this at the end of the afternoon.

The backs will be fitted when both bases are finished.  Another good day and the weather is definitely getting warmer.