Before building up the fiberglass on the scoop, I test fitted the lower cowl to check if everything looked good.
This is the repair I had to do on the misdrilled holes for the camlocks.



This is the scoop.
I added two layers of heavy weight cloth and one layer of light weight for the last layer.
After its cured, the cowls will be ready for finishing.

This is the second try to cut the foam n=block in the sccop. It worked and this time I left the cowl on the plane to do the sanding. This way the air filter box could be used as a guide.



I then laid the first layer of fiberglass. Vans method of using a balloon to maintain the fiberglass did not work as it created a scoop that did not match the airfilter box inlet shape.
Once cured I will lay a few other layers.



I also modified the gascolator so that the drain plug can be operated without removing the lower cowl.

Today, I begun by some small tasks on the cowls. The scoop has to be connected to the airbox. This is done by building a small fiberglass tunnel. And the mold for the tunnel is done by glueing some fome to the cowl. As soon as the glue has set, I'll open up the foam.




I also modified the oil filler door by adding small shims under the latches, as the gap was a bit too small.

Onlay small tasks today as I might be called anytime being on standby at home.
First I glue the forward ramp seals to their respective bracket.



I then sand the top cowl around the oil door and do some touch up. I use the remaining epoxy to fill the thousand pinholes. The quality of the finish leaves to be desired.



I then do some tweaking on exhaust hangers. And finish today's session by cutting the nos gear leg fairing as it was too long and interfering with the lower cowl support bracket.

I think that from now on, a part of the workshop will always have some parts where there is fiberglass work to be done.
I begin by working again on the oil door. First a rough sanding of the work done last time.



Then the edges where the door lies when closed have to thickened by some filler.