Just another attempt to weatherproof the nose, although it's not as critical now that I'm not putting electronics directly underneath. The problem I was having was the weatherstripping would become unstuck as I was trying to slide the hatch on. I fixed this by getting some weatherstripping that holds around the lip of the opening to stay on, instead of using adhesive. Then, I replaced the flat brackets I had fiberglassed into the front, with ones with a curvature. This allows the hatch to clear the weatherstipping when going on, and hold the front down tight when in place.
