Chapter Index
Status
Soap Box
Chapters 1-3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Pictures
Chapter 18

Canopy and Turtleback, Section II

The turtleback was fun to make.  I was able to borrow a jig which saved a large amount of time and fussing.  I made the front of the turtleback 1 inch higher (raised the flanges and the height of TB1) and left the back at the same place.

The window mounting was a job, but didn't take that long.  I still have the inside to trim out...

Tha canopy trimming was done using a rotozip metal cutting wheel mounted in a 10,000 rpm angle grinder.  Worked great, the center needed to be enlarged slightly to fit the arbor. 

Here we are putting the rough blocks in place for the canopy deck.  I decided to do the canard cover at the same time, so that I could get the correct blend all the way from the nose to the turtleback.  A mess, but not to bad.  A lot of eyeballing and sighting to try get the two sides to look identical.