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	First you line it up with a stick
	The "Shape of things to come".
	Make the section for the center

	Using something like Dr. Dean Hinges


	Cut a KR bubble in three parts
	Throw away the front
	Fit the sides
	Clamp it in place with sticks,
	Clamps,
	and anything you can find
	Put the center section in

	Turn the plane over and
	flip the pictures
	Glass the underside
	Tape it up to make a lip for a seal
	Put the window in with flox and
	bolts
	Let it cure over night
	Look close at the bow. We have added flox spacers to help set this window


	Erie isn't it.
	But, we can't take that stuff off until we are finished.



	Man, is this look in good, or what?
	The protective coating has been pulled back.
	The edges are taped with vinyl tape and the exposed area sanded.
	Time to cut out the door.
	Look at that precision
	Now you know why he is called the cut master.
	Yes, it does open.
	A little raggy in there
	But it will clean up.
	You can see the lip that will act as a seal when the door is closed

	I love it when a plan comes together.

	Hey, I think that even an old geezer like me can get in through a door that big.
	Take the door out and
	Put it aside for finishing on the inside.
	The lexan sheet was cut out using a template made of poster board.
	And, can you believe, it fits.
	Clamp and bolt it in place for the final fitting.
	Passenger window will go in next
	This is why we took the door out, so we could clamp it all around the top of the bow.
	We used long skinny bolts to hold in the bottom edge. We are using 1/8 lexan and had to apply a bit of pressure at the outer edges.
	We will paint the inside of the forward deck before putting on the windshield as it will be hard to get to afterwards.
	Well, there she is. Next week, windshield.......
	The Lexan windshield has been taped and we are roughing up the edges.
	Windshield ready to install
	Filling the groove with flox. When we did the window, we did not get enough in at first.
	So this time we are really piling it on
	Would you believe, this was not enough, so we added more before doing this side.
	Bolting it in.
	And clamping it down, outside
	And inside
	Created cavity to fill with flox on the bow. We have waited to glass this until we knew exactly where the windshield top edge would be.
	Getting closer to the "Shape of things to come"

	Removed protective covering from windshield.
	Aft lip on turtle deck for canopy door.
	Fore lip on front bow for canopy door.
	Center lip for canopy door.
	We will probably use P strip along these lips.
	Getting WAY closer to the shape of things to come.
	The canopy latch mechanism Click here for the full documentation on the canopy latch design and construction.
	This will be inserted in the cavity shown below Click here for the full documentation on the canopy latch design and construction.
	Taper pins and slide tubes. Click here for the full documentation on the canopy latch design and construction.
	Well back to cleaning up the canopy hinge line.
	Put plastic wrap where you don't want micro. Fill the gap with Micro. I put in too much between the hinges.
	That caused too much to be pushed back when I opened the canopy.
	However, the micro did go to almost the exact form I need in order to get the smallest gap possible.
	Cleaned it up and put a small piece of prepared glass as close to the hinge as possible.
	I will fill that space with micro and when it is all done, I expect to be able to get away with only a square hole of about 3/8".