Hey guys

I took advantage of some time off work and did a little work on the DB40. As can be seen in the pics, I'm building this one with a side mount engine that will sport a Mac's header and pipe exhaust system. I built a Sportster 40 ~80ish that had a built up cowl similar to this construction and was trying to remember what I did back then to make this easier, ha! I'm sure there's an easier way to do this but here's what I'm doing.

I installed the engine mount to check for clearance and glued in the cowl chin tri-stock then proceeded to butcher the sidewall.


The engine sitting in place and some preliminary whittling on the cowl after temporarily gluing the upper and lower balsa blocks in place.


I got everything roughed in but somehow went a little overboard on the sanding, easy fix though.


With the gear and retract in place I ran the throttle cable and did some more pondering on the steering linkage.