July 14, 2007 - Panel: Round Holes
I painted the subpanels and ribs with Rustoleum grey on top of the Marhyde self-etching primer.  It came out nice.   I'm still trying to decide how to paint the panel.  Maybe if the Rustoleum holds up well, I'll use it on the panel.  A lighter grey than this, though. 
I had to file the airspeed hole with a needle file to get the airspeed indicator to fit.  I had no way of knowing if the Pictorial Pilot would fit because of its adjustment knob on the lower left.  I needed to drill a hole for it.  I just measured how far the knob was on the instrument, then drilled a hole there.  I marked where the hole should go, shown below.
Then drilled the hole.  I made it a little larger than the knob.  I had to needle file the hole even more than the airspeed hole to get the Pictorial Pilot to fit. 
 
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