Got the canopy completed...



Read a ton of canopy tinting threads on RCU. The SSE has a canopy made up of a material that is pretty resistant to dyes. I used a packet of royal blue rit dye and two packets of black rit dye in water that started at 130ºF and then left it in for two days submerged. It took on the slight hue you see above... least it took a little. Attached the canopy to the hatch using 1/4" strips of ultracote.

I built up the front end profile of the plane a little...



...and as a result needed to open the bottom front edge of the hatch a little so it could clear the top of F2(hatch secures at the back first then the front lowers down into place).



Fuel tank ready for install. I had a tank but no brass tubing... picked up some some 1/8" stock brass tubing from the LHS and noticed it was not as soft as the tubing that came with the tank. I had a few pieces snap before the bend was at 90º. Making 90º bends resulted in a little bit of a collapsed corner.. still open enough for this application though.



Got the main gear drilled for the axles and then noticed they stuck out on both sides about 1/8" too much. A dremel with a cut-off wheel made quick work to trim them to length. I then I rolled the ends on the face of the cut-off wheel to taper the edges of the ends of the axles to 45º.







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