Ok, think that I am making progress on the skirt. Trimmed the front section per plans. It doesn't rub the fuslage skin now that it is trimmed. I've got a nice line with the top of the longeron--pretty happy with that.
The skirt has a long way to go though. It sticks out pretty far from the fuslage, but I think I can get it to lie down. The second picture shows how much the skirt sticks out after I attached the inner brace.
The last pic is after i ran the skirt thru the wheel a few times. Coming in nicely, but I think that this is the easy part.