Ok, didn't get a lot done today, but I got the hatch built and mounted, and got my other outer gear door installed.

So here we go...

Picture 1.
The front hatch lip is a piece of 1/4" plywood laminated with carbon fiber on both sides. It is supplied oversized to allow you to cut it to perfectly fit your fuselage cutout that is made when cutting out the huge hatch area. I scribed the cut line onto the carbon and cut it out with a scroll saw, then sanded it to perfectly fit the fuse.

Picture 2.
Next you need to align the hatch lip on the hatch so that it fits the fuse without being to far off to one side or low/high. After some thought I decided a C clamp would be a good tool for this task. I aligned the piece as best I could guess, and clamped it to the hatch. After test fitting the hatch I could loosen the clamp and carefully move the lip until the fit was perfect.

Picture 3.
Then I needed to install the hatch alignment tabs. First I marked the measurements called for in the instructions on some masking tape.

Picture 4.
Then I stacked 3 Dremel cut off wheels together to equal the thickness of the alignment tabs.

Picture 5.
I then marked the matching slots in the fuselage lip. Then using the dremel, I carefully cut the slots in the hatch and the fuse.

Picture 6.
Pretty good hatch fit so far for no filler

Picture 7, 8 and 9.
The next pictures so the carbon/ply tab hold down bracket for the hatch installed, it also shows the cut outs in the fuse lip, and finally, the hatch bolted down into place.

Picture 10.
Here is a picture of the hatch with the front lip and all the tabs installed. I need to now mix up some milled fiberglass and securely glue all the tabs.

Picture 11.
I couldn't resist putting the tail and wings on her and taking a picture after all that

Ignore the fact that the inlets and lower bypass cover aren't fitting, I just put them in there to see if I could install the inlets before the bypass goes in while I wait for an engine.