First, I heard back from Van's on HW-00014 and it was supposed to be in Bag 3125 but wasn't on the inventory of the early fuselage kits for the RV-12iS and there's been a revision. So they're sending it.
In the meantime, I skipped ahead a step and started prepping up the "shark gills", the rather unsightly curvature of the bottom of the forward fuselage that consists of a series of curved pieces resembling gills of a fish.
Mostly just deburred and added nutplates as directed.
Had to move the car into the hangar as I worked so the kerosene heaters could melt the ice and snow in the wheel wells that have been making for a bumpy ride of late.
