RE: CARF F4U-1 Corsair build thread
I use 2" x 10-32 phillips flat head bolts for the cowl ring, with blind nuts (6 of each). Lowes or Home Depot has this stuff.
Sorry Bruce. I think I told you 1/4 x 20 bolts.
The dowel I used is 1" oak. I soak this in some thin CA when I'm all done to give it more split resistance. These dowels are glued to the ply rings, but not the firewall, to make them removable. Some aluminum foil around the curve of the nose on the fuselage gives a very realistic look, and this is easy to do with the cowl flap assembly removed.