Dave made a lot of progress today, and the interior is looking awesome, but he was having trouble sewing the carpet edges through two layers of the vinyl, so he’s going to head home and finish the sewing there. There are a handful of odds and ends to do when he gets back as well, […]
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More upholstery picks. I’ve been helping Dave by work on the odds and ends while he works on the big stuff. Things like, I painted the door beams (as I mentioned in the last update, covering them didn’t seem to be in the cards) and clear coated them. Then I refit the overhead switch panel, […]
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Today Dave installed the strake pocket upholstery. For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur. Quis aute iure reprehenderit in voluptate velit […]
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Dave arrived yesterday and got to installing our interior, and has enough done that I wanted to share some pictures with folks. Overhead duct and NACAs covered Overhead duct covered Overhead duct covered NACAs covered Door roll beams covered Door roll beams covered Painting micro around window to match trim Starting to cover the door […]
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UPDATED: new pictures The third panel is progressing nicely. In the last update I’d just covered the panel in carbon. Since then I’ve pulled the harness into the copilot side conduit and started terminating the wires. I took this week off as my ‘spring break’ and spent all of it connecting wires. I’ve got the […]
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I decided to build upholstery covers for my fuel gauges to hide the LED lighting units. To do this I bought an extra bubble from Vance Atkinson and covered it in duct tape, then laid 2 BID over top. Once that cured I cut the bubble area out with a Dremel and put the light […]
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