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KSaarni wrote:That is a nice shade of interior green !

Happy to hear your the fit with the internals was better than I had (no sanding needed)

- Kari

A bit of a bump with the tailwheel, but that is normal for me. Some CA took care of it. My test fit to the fuselage was without the side panels installed. Working on those now.

They fit pretty well from what I recall! I wouldn't worry about the pin marks either, you can't see them with the fuselage nailed together.

Rudders attached. This was done using a large, 10" putty knife to apply the glue. It has been a rough day at the bench. Some micro sanding to be done.

Nice - good join!

Lyle, everything is looking great to me. Glad to see you making progress. Keep it going man!

KSaarni wrote:That is a nice shade of interior green !

Happy to hear your the fit with the internals was better than I had (no sanding needed)

- Kari

for Kari on that, I think it looks lovely!

Thanks folks. Turns out the cockpit tub wasn't a "fit like a glove" . . . Something moved and I ended up shaving, sanding and beating it in to place. Sometimes I really don't like this hobby. Anyway, it is passable.

I am not sure the wings are correctly positioned, either. Something looks a bit off.

Why, pray tell, does this kit have two canopies and windscreen hoods? Do they know my penchant for messing them up?

A careful study will show they are not the same, Lyle, at least not the aft sliding part.

The blue line is the Inglewood canopy, which was made with a mold. The black line is the Dallas made canopy, which was free blown.