Well another day of fitting the bottom cowl. I will have gone through 3 rools of Duct tape when this is all done. I also think I figured out how the seam on the upper cowl where it contacts the fuse widened. The stainless steel pins (.120") that are used to replace the Aluminum are slightly undersizedI and that allows some movement in the hinge. with the full weight of the upper cowl on the hinge it pulls away slightly from the fuse/firewall. I mreaureed the gap today and it 3/64" I'll need to figure out how to do a flox build up that can be sanded to make it more like 1/64" had lots of interuptions today so didn't get all that much finished. But I was able to finalize the seam on the right side of the cowl, only tooka bout 6-7 additional cycles to get that fit. Then moved to the Left side got the same seam cut. I have that about 85% finalized. I've got it trimmed flush with the upper cowl, but there are a couple of high spots that need to be evened out. Also Will James calls for -5 hinges for attaching the cowl. I had hinge material but it's only -3. The -5 hinge is much wider and allows for the eyelets to be mounted 1/4 " above the seam line which will completely close the seam so no light shows through. So I've ordered some hinge from Aircraft Spruce it should arrive late tomorrow and I'll be able to fit the side hinges Sat. I still have a slight mismatch at the front of the cowl around the back of the spinner. I can't figure out how this happened, but it will be fairly easy to fair it all in with a flox/micro slurry.
Got the right side about 85%
The sides fit pretty well, but I'm a little off on the joint between the air intakes and the spinner
