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Old 02-10-2015, 05:44 AM
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The canopy on the plane I got from Troy Built Models, and I have a spare that was made by Park Flyer Plastics, using the ESM canopy as a guide for a plug. I'll probably have to put the spare on someday, as the ESM one is so flimsy all I have to do is look at it wrong and it cracks. It's not absolutely necessary to have a molded canopy, tho, as the plans show how to make the panels from sheet plastic.

The cowl I built from the plans. Jim provided a drawing of the cowl sections on the plans, so it wasn't too hard to do. I just divided them in half on the centerline (top and bottom), took a quarter inch off at the centerline, and built two halves on 1/8 crutches, then joined them later.
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