The band saw was fine for cutting the foam blocks. A hacksaw blade also would have done the trick. I fit the block into appropriate space, and cut the 7/8" hole for access to the frame attach bolts and drew a line to mirror the contor of the forward fuselage skin. But I can't bond it yet because I don't have pumps for the West System epoxy ingredients (I must have thrown the old ones out), so I ordered new ones from Aircraft Spruce and threw in an order for those canopy block screws while I was at it.

There's a gap between the block and the skin and I've read ahead and found nothing about molding some clay and putting it in there but that seems like that would be appropriate, but I don't know. We'll see. I asked one of the Facebook groups for advice.

So now I'll wait for the AS order. Maybe it's time to finish polishing the VS and rudder and getting those put on.