OK, The moment I have been dreading, The Cowl! When I first looked at this setup I was a little skeptical of the method employed. A template is layed over a sheet of APS and the cowl is cut out. Photo 1 shows the flat cowl. Lay the cutout on the fuse and center it. Use as much masking tapt as you need to hold the rear down to the wood. A small allen screw is installed thru the cowl into spruce blocks previously installed on the firewall at each side. When both the aft screws are in turn the model over and bring the tabs to the center of the nose block. A screw is driven thru the tabs into the nose block. You're done. Thats it. The trick is to get the rear tight against the wood aft of the firewall, then pull the forward tabs tight against the nose. It took me about 30 min. to do the whole job and that encluded a couple of short breaks to calm my nerves. (I always get a litte shakey when some thing must be done right the first time)

My nose block wiggles a little because I had to radically modify the right side nose support to clear my muffler. I will add a couple of very small screws to the cowl where it rides the nose block to stiffen the whole thing up. I also thinh I will find a way to ensure that the screw holes in the wood retain their size and don't loosen up from removing and replacing the cowl during engine tuning and setups.