Weather has been bitingly cold so I took advantage of the kitchen table again for a full weekend of finalizing panels and getting ready for the silver base coat on the wing.....now that the kids' and wife's projects for me are done for now

1. There's somekind of oil on the tape and paint doesn't stick to the ink that it's labeled with so I clean it up with acetone or fingernail polish remover and a cotton ball. A light sanding helps too.
2, 3, 4. First down are the spar cap strips. The wing was lined with pen and ink prior to glassing and chart taped for panel lines not taken care of by the foil tape. The chart tape is still on and it's the black lines in the primer areas.
5. Some of the pen lines used as reference in cutting and applying foil panels.
6, 7. left and right wing bottoms done
8, 9. fuel cap and fuel cap detail.
10. wing top nearly done
11, 12. The panels outlined in red are the servo access panels installed making use of existing panel lines. The dotted outlines are where the vaccu-formed blisters will go.


Finally feel like I'm making progress again.


What's on everyone else's bench this winter? Hopefully those of you down-under are flying, not building



Cheers!!