Last day before leaving for OSH. Did several more 'layers' of SuperFil on the intercostal door posts. The porcess is to sand the existing 'layer' as smooth as possible and close to the desired countour and then trowel in another 'layer'. wait for it to set-up. then .... repeat. did this 4 times today, fortunately the heat helps get this stuff set up pretty quickly, and I'm able to get several 'layers' in a day. otherwise it woul dbe an overnight cure cycle. I've got about 6 layers on to this point and will probably need another 2 and then a switch to Metal glaze for the final fill before the Smooth prime. Part of the problme is that I'm not exactly sure what the finl contour should be, Today I found out that a larger filled area with one continuous curve is more aestheticlly appealing that the earlier compound contour. Another reason why it's taking more 'layers'. since i have the instrument panel loosely installed, I decided to tackle the control stick final length cut. inserted a stick and then measured where the grip should be positioned and then cut off the stick using a high speed cutoff tool. I used several drillbits to create a hole on the insode of the curved tube so that the wire harness can be run down thruogh the center of the stick rather than alongside. Used the Dremel to open up pthis hole and to round the edges to minimize chaffe. Added several layers of heatshrink to the harness where it passes through thehole on the inside stick.
