March 5, 2008 - Emp Fairing, HS Tip, Cover

 The next day I went down to the basement to see how the fairing came out.  First I peeled off the peel-ply, then I removed the fairing.  It came out great!  Better than I ever hoped for. 

After a little sanding, you can see how well it came out below.  Now the fairing fits tightly to the HS leading edge.  I still have some filling and sanding to do on the fairing before painting.
    
The left HS tip needs some build-up on the upper surface so that it is even with the Elevator tip.  I made a barrier on the edge of the HS tip using plastic and some cardboard.  I mixed up some epoxy and dumped micro balloons in until the mixture was lke peanut butter.  Then I pounded it on top of the HS tip and spread it around a little.
    
Looking at it from another angle.
    
 I finally am getting to bending the tabs on the center cabin cover (firewall section).  I ended up doing this by clamping a piece of angle along the bending edge, then sliding an aluminum piece in the gap and pulling it -- and the tab -- towards me. 
    
My technique worked reasonably well.  I'll have to put another coat of rustoleum hammered silver because I scrapped the cover up some when bending the tabs.
    
 
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