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02-May-2007: Sticking the Formplast with contact adhesive.

02-May-2007: Panel among finished sections 3 and 4.

02-May-2007: When cutting the Formplast it is better to leave enough excess margin since the contact adhesive doesn't give possibility to correct some sticking error.
02-May-2007: Once finished the external sanding, I paint with epoxi primer before beginning to putty to assure a good adherence.

02-May-2007: The night is coming and still lack the corridors and the cockpit.

02-May-2007: Look´s better in white!.
02-May-2007: Another view.

03-May-2007: Starboard side completely putted.

05-May-2007: Preparing the frame of the hachtway to place the plywood cover.

05-May-2007: Sticking and screwing the hatchway cover.

05-May-2007: Screwing!.

08-May-2007: After placing the putty, I sand everything again.

09-May-2007: I received the 6 mm acrylic for the lateral of the cabin.

11-May-2007: I stick and screwed the small hatchs to have like reference when marking the contour of the acrylic.

11-May-2007: Detail of the contour and position of the acrylic holes (5 mm of diameter, milled, center to 1,5 cm of the border, separated to 7 cm).

11-May-2007: With all the holes ready, I use it to mark (inside) the contour of the openings to cut.

12-May-2007: All the starboard openings ready.

12-May-2007: Idem of portside.

14-May-2007: Fiberglassing the hatchway cover with two layers of cloth 450 gr/m2.

14-May-2007: Apllying the second layer.

15-May-2007: Hatchway fiberglassed. Checking slip. Can be observed the lateral and frontal structure "envelope" already mounted.

15-May-2007: Frontal view of "envelope"..

15-May-2007: Another view.

18-May-2007: Detail "envelope" drainage holes. Then I will place epoxi with aerosil to seal the exposed wood.

18-May-2007: I placed two "L" of anodized aluminium (stick with sikaflex) for a better slip of the hatchway cover.

18-May-2007: Before placing the superior cover of the "envelope" definitively, I painted all that of below with white synthetic enamel. Here the two hatchs of the roof are already stick and screwed.

18-May-2007: Detail of the cedar guides for the front cover of the hatchway.

18-May-2007: "Envelope" cover already stick.

18-May-2007: Provisory frontal cover of 15mm plywood placed.

21-May-2007: "Envelope" beginning to be rounded.

21-May-2007: Checking slip and keeping everything until the next one (ends of June). 26-May-2007: While I am in my job, I go manufacturing the electric board of the Sirius in an aluminum foil of 2 mm. 27-May-2007: With a drill, a plier and a file, I go making all the holes.
27-May-2007: Checking the components (fuses and switchs with LED).
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