Assembled the two halves of the cowl while off the airplane. Sanded the front a bit and determined that I will need to build up one side of the cowl facing at the spinner just a bit. I am wondering if I should let the paint shop worry about that.
Installed the hinge pins and observed the areas where there was a binding problem. I used a pic with a 90 deg bend to tweak the problem areas resulting in easier entry for the pins.