4 hours.<\/p>\n
Yesterday was a lot of not-so-fun stuff positioning the bottom cowl to get it into position to mark and cut the bottom and sides. I have to concur with the general opinion that the instructions at this part of the build suck a thousand sucks. They’re opaque, terse, and confusing. Fortunately, the drawing is good.<\/p>\n
Once I cut and shaped the front part to get a decent fit, I marked the bottom, took it off, then trimmed off the excess so the cowl could slide up into position. Then I had to do the fitting dance again, after which I marked the trim lines for the top sides and back. I took it off again and made the cuts. The fit isn’t utterly godawful, but it’s not my favorite work, either, so I set to work on the hinges. I got the bottom hinges drilled, then knocked off to go to a friend’s birthday party.<\/p>\n
Today, I drilled the hinges for both the cowl halves and the side firewall hinges. Lots of deburring and countersinking. I have one side hinge left to deburr and csink, and those can probably be riveted on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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