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Mar 15, 2022 2.6 Gear fairings; Top skin Category: Fuselage
Did some miscellaneous projects this evening:

1. Filed, shaped, and sanded the edges and inside surfaces of the upper gear fairings.

2. Clecoed the top skin to the fuselage to check its fit and mark a few specifics about the rivets I'll be using to fasten it on. Used my new Cleaveland Tool edge-rolling tool to pre-bend the lower edges of the skin so they will lay flat after being riveted. (I had to make several progressive passes to get the results I wanted.)

3. Marked the underside of the glareshield portion of the top skin for the location of the two LED strip lights.

4. I noticed that the inside color of the top skin is slightly different from the other gray in the fuselage -- despite the fact that it's supposed to be the same color. Perhaps the color specifications have changed in the 10 years between the two paint jobs, or perhaps it just faded. I'll have to decide if I want to repaint it, or just let it slide.


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