Update: Canopy and Window almost done, wing kit a bit delayed

Section 38 is coming to an end. Today I epoxied the canopy to the canopy assembly, and will be a couple of iteration with sanding and filling.

The wing kit is a bit delayed, and will arrive in Oslo 28th September. The container didn't get loaded on the correct ship😕

First fitting of the aft canopy

The aft canopy has to be cut to align with the roll bar.
After trying different approaches, I ended up with the Dremel
diamond cutting wheel.

Ready for drilling.

I had to do some touch up on the interior paint.

The businh doubler painted and the latch link is painted.

Initial test of the canopy frame.

Then with the canopy attached.

The compass and the Garmin GI-260 AOA (angle of attack)
indicator trial fit.

Yepp. It works.

Painting the inside of the canopy assembly in
battleship grey as the rest of the interior.

Ready for glareshield painting.

The result turned out great, after a few layers. I started
with Stewart System midnight black with flatenner. But I
was happy with it. To shiny. So I tried a rattle can flat black
from a local store. I was not happy that one either, so in the
end I ended up using a engine rattle can paint from Biltema (36-7413).
It was easy to apply.

The avionics/defroster fans installed.

Compass and GI-260 in place.

Tightening the screws on the aft edge. The sealing will go
in between the thin strip and the canopy frame.

Step one to "glue" the canopy to the frame is to fill
the void between the canopy edge and the skin.

The workbench prepared wit to layer of thick paper to
cut through when preparing the fiberglass. Vans has
a great video on how to do this whole process.