Stjohn's RV-7

5 hours.
Nav lights, strobes, and wingtip lenses are all done. Oh, and by the way, add fiberglass to the list of things I detest working with. Plexiglass as well. Cutting the wingtip lenses was a ratbastard, but the Dremel fiberglass/plastic shaping and cutting wheel works really well. It’s just that the position I had to use it in was the position required to shoot hot crumbs of molten plexiglass from the cut into my hair, face, and occasionally bounce it up under my safety glasses, which is molto uncool. I had to switch to full-on goggles. Whatever, here are some pics.
This is the final-cut lens taped to the wingtip so I can drill the mounting holes in the corner.

Here’s the lens, after the platenuts are installed. I”m using the countersunk washers I got when I thought I needed to use a bunch of them for something, but only two are necessary. For now.

Remember a while back I said I was clecoing things into place as a storage option? Here’s the panel and associated ribs, clecoed in to get them out of the way and make me feel good.

The local hardware store provided me with some high-temp silver paint, so I did the cutouts with it. Van’s packing paper makes an excellent mask. These are going to look badass when the rest of the tips are matte black.

The right wingtip, with LED nav light, landing light, strobe and metal heatshield/reflector installed.

Both tips, ready for attachment to the wings.

Here’s both tips with all the equipment in them and the lenses on.