After a couple of goofs, Van's finally sent me the correct size prints for the longeron template. For reference, I took a picture of how these are supposed to be sized compared to a standard sized print.

I ran to Walgreens for some stick glue out of the school supply/aerospace aisle, and glued the template to a couple of layers of cardboard left over from the fuselage packing materials.

I can see how it would be really easy to goof this. After making the template, I marked all the dimensions on the longerons and then started checking them against the template and the F-721B canopy decks. Something didn't look right when referencing the canopy decks to the template and I realized that the start of the bend doesn't coincide with the front edge of the deck.

The front end of the deck starts at the first dimension you mark which coincides with the downward bend you do in the next step. However, the curve doesn't start until the second dimension. Once I got that sorted out, the template lined up exactly with the curve of the Canopy Deck, so I think I have this sorted out.

I measured the longeron dimensions about 5 times with 2 different tape measures and then cut them to length. I debated on whether to leave them long until after everything was bent, but at almost 16' long, they're so unwieldy it seemed like it would be pretty easy to damage or "unbend" them after the fact, so I trusted Vans dimensions and went ahead and cut them. Hope I don't regret it!

Will bend these tomorrow. Hopefully that will go well. If the Fedex truck gifts me with seat belts, I'll also match drill for the crotch strap brackets and then start the final assembly of the center section.