Hi Gang,
Although not a lot of photos this might the most important update this build has ever seen! No really!
Sunday morning started with the usual... the laser cutter. I designed and laser cut this greeblie for the back panel of the console
I also laser cut the red tiles for the back panel
Jessie stopped by and sanded and added primer
Mounted into place
I removed the yellow tiles and replaced with white and added a few more pin stripes
Added some more visual interest to the canopy box handles
Let's get serious! Before we put together the nose frame I had to cut all the correct angles on the "ribs"
Daniel, Jessie and then took apart the nose frame and began to reconstruct. This took the rest of the day and well into the evening
Our good friend Micheal, from our Mind Gear Days, also stopped by to help - it was great to catch up!
Frame slowly coming along
There were lots of little angles to be realized and eventually trimmed to make everything fit
The Money Shot!
"X" - DO NOT STAND!
Still LOTS of trimming and angles to be found/realized. But she's really coming along!
Not a lot of leg room
Look at that curve just aching for a skin!
My goal was to get to this point by the end of the weekend! Achieved!
Have to build new riser panels and reinforce the nav chair platforms - this week (along with... everything else!)
Also, I'll be finishing up the new throttle housing
Whew... A HUGE Thank You to Jessie, Daniel and Michael for helping out this weekend! And equally important, thank you to OperaScot for getting all these files CNC ready, staying by the phone and walking us through this entire part of the build! You Sir, are the hero of the week!
Thank you!
More to Follow!