Continued working on the clay molding to shape the rear skirt canopy transition from canopy to rear top skin.
Made the same filling on the passenger side and then put the F-792 doghouse in place. I will use this as a template. It means the inside gap will be a bit larger than the original but it it proofs to be too large, I can still add some epoxy and sand it down on the inside. I first tried to make a copy of the doghouse with some tin can material but it was a mess and I gave up and decided to go with the original piece. instead.
They clay starts drying but it's a slow process. Duct taped the doghouse it in the perfect position and continued closing the gap.
Looks good !
Nice smooth transition all over.
As this had to dry out. I decided to make some test piece as Larry mentions in his part 1 article in kitplanes. The piece can be cut and used later for the elevator tips so it's not lost work.
I tried to do the same thing as on the plane. Put electrical tape on a wood board and taped some clear packing tape over it. Then I added wax over it and a layer of PVA release film.
I did not make any pictures during the process of laying up the fibreglass as it's a complete mess. Applied 4 layers and then added peel-ply on top.
After cleaining up...
