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Deems RV10 Project
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Date: 1-29-2008
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Number of Hours: 5.00
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Manual Reference: Sec Home-33
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Brief Description: Sec Home-33
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Working on getting the wing tips ready for paint today. I was not happy with the way the Nav light lens turned out on the originals. I ordered a replacement lens a year or more ago, and today I got around to replacing them, at least the Right side lens. I cut the lens part in half per the instructions, then found the best fit, by moving it in place over the wing tip, and used a sharpie to mark about 1/8" larger than the exact size. Used a cutoff wheel on the airgrinder to cut it out, then a series of progressive sanding steps using the disc sander to get it fit snug. Then I marked the corners (I'm only going to use the cornor screws this time) for the screw holes, and drilled them. !@#$#!@$!!!!! wouldln't you know that when I inserted the screws the fit was NOT as good as before. !@#$@!. Oh well.... Its probably a blessing as even though it was close, it wasn't perfect. So I took the lend off and covered the edges with duct tape, reinstalled it, and then used EverCoat Metal glaze to fill any gaps and foide and to fiar the lens perfectly to the wing tip. Severall applications and repetive sanding, and the end product came out looking Great!!!!!. I'm not sure if I'll paint the inside of the lens with silver metalic like I did the previous or not. We'll see. I'll start on the Left tomorrow.
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Replacement right wing tip lens
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Lens cut, trimmed and installed, being faired to wingtip with filler.
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Filled, sanded, and cleaned up
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