Latest progress pics shows little of the attention paid to the framework to get the skin and doublers set at the correct height all the way along. As usual all the hard work gets hidden.

In the last update the gear mounts were simply held in place with clamps. Both are bonded in permanently now and the extra sub ribs to support the skin between the main ribs were installed. Next it was to pattern the skin outline, cutouts for the doors and the door bulkheads and I ran into a bit of a Homer there. I used the originals to pattern these and missed the fact they would catch the scissors on the gear legs. Of course, as you can see in pic #4 that was found after the skins were bonded down......DOH!

For a bit of fun the leading edge and inboard skin make a bidirectional kick to encircle the inlet and this took a bit of time to make the skin outline follow with good accuracy. Even after wetting the wood a gell cell batt had to weigh each skin down till fully bonded.

A new pattern with a bit more room was called for and I tried to remain true to the original outline as much as possible, but nitpickers may find fault with them once installed.

This afternoon I finished final sanding one wing and decided might as well work on the covering. Luckily the prior note they used UltraCote seems accurate, as the new covering blends in well, (at least indoors).

Don't know if the second wing will be on the table right away. March break is here and the family is heading to visit. Everything sharp, sticky or even mildly dangerous is hidden away. And at this point I have not decided if anything will be done to contour the inner wells.