As my son might say, having recently seen Madagascar 2, things are starting to look cracka lackin'!

As expected, the fuse trim job is trickier than it appears. Although not as elegant, I decided to apply the fuse trim in 2 sections, first the vertical and then the fuse top. I spent some time to measure things up, make some templates and cut the covering. I got the fin trimmed out but decided to leave the fuse sections for tomorrow with a fresher mind.

I also concentrated on the science of compound curves and managed to get the canopy front hatch covered with a minimum of creases. These essentially occur, in an acceptable way to me considering this is plastic film, at the canopy/nose division where the tuck lines take a turn around the nose. I was actually quite pleased with the results of the hour spent on the canopy alone... heat, stretch, bond, heat, stretch, bond... (and the little thing is also about 10g in weight which didn't help!)

Given the front section will be painted, covering it was questionable but I think it'll make the finishing more uniform and make the paint job go faster. Hopefully the paint will also defocus the eye from the seam between the canopy hatch and the fuse.

David.