It's been a while since the last post and progress is slow. I spent about a week playing with the elevator control panel. I finally made a 200% scale panel out of construction paper, for the letters I used font printed from the computer, black fill and blue font which are glued to the black construction paper, then photographed and shrunk to size. It's next to impossible to read the lettering in real life let alone the photos shown here. The crank is brass and will be finished with chrome paint.

The fiberglass layup for the carb heat control is complete and fit in the panel, I still need to make the magneto control switch panel that will be mounted next to the carb heat control.

The inner panels will be glassed and painted to simulate the original aluminum panels. The throttle controls are installed. Once I finish the fuel tank installation, fuselage covering will begin.

I hope to use the envelope method to cover the fuselage, both sides will be sewn together along the top stringer and glued on as one piece.