April 13, 2008 - More Lower Cowl
Looking at the bottom edge, I realized I needed to make the gear cutouts deeper.  So I did that.
 
I taped the bottom cowl tight to the top cowl. 
 
 
I matched-drilled the top cowl to the bottom cowl in the inside center nostril area and clecoed.  This is why you need to have the bottom cowl lip.   
 
I hadn't made the bottom backing strips so I did that. 
 
I also made this very long sanding block to be used on the cowl long edges.
 
I clecoed on the bottom backing strips and trimmed the bottom cowl bottom edges. 
 
I also trimed some off the side and aft edges. 
 
The fit gets better with each iteration. 
 
The obligatory "starting to look like an airplane" shot.
 
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