After removing the turtledeck and front cowling, it was lots of deburring, edge prep, dimpling and surface prep ready for painting. decided to store the bits until I could paint a lot more stuff in one go.
Assembled the turdledeck and bulkheads so that I could shim wherever I needed to make the skin fit properly. Small shims made and clecoed in place. Primed the inside of the 'canoe' with 2 coates of epoxy chromate primer.
