Control panel

I sprayed the panel myself with Paragon Paints enamel Black (Night) BS381C – 642 , not too black, tried to match the black leather than go all out black black. With about 10% PT8 synthetic thinners. I am very happy with the result of the engraving done by Bay Engraving. I finished it off with 4 coats of good quality clearcoat. (Oppted for the longer lever for parking brake).

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Aligning the flaps and ailerons

This turned out to be quite a tricky step, requiring lots of patience. It’s important that the flaps and aileron trailing edges are aligned with a (string) line from wing root to wingtip. My process. Attach rivet, clamp in place, and check alignment. Realign, rivet. I spent several days on each wing for this step. Plus some back and forth with the factory. Top tips, use duct tape to hold it in place. Use a rivet with the mandrel removed to form an easily removable rivet place holder. Take your time. In the end, the LH flap aligned with hardly any match drilling. The LH aileron required 3 attempts but went on quite well after fully clecoing it first. (including dimpled holes). The RH wing was the other way. The flaps required several attempts and in the end many of the outboard holes needed to be match drilled (no more than ΒΌ of a hole). The RH Aileron aligned with no match drilling. Just tolerance build-up I suppose.

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