Today I begun installing the nose wheel fairing. First the fuselage has to be set level in all dimensions and the nosewheel tire must not be flattened.
I was rather surprised by how much I had to lift the rear of the fuselage.



Then there is a lot of finagling as the cutouts for the tyre are much too small. The picture shows the second cut, and the first one was as big as this one.



After the two parts are cut to size, they are in position. Next step is to drill the holes through the fairings and the brackets (in blue).



All the holes are now drilled. I also drilled the bigger holes for the tow-bar.



There is still some work to do : install all the nutplates, trim the fairing around the tyre, trim the fairing around the leg without speaking of the painting.

One hour was enough to finish the left gear leg fairing, and sand both fairings.
The fairing is clamped to the gear leg, I could not find the clamp all the parts, so I used an inox one I had at home. The clamp is a bit to large and almost hits the brake line.
I will have to find another clamp and modify or redo the brake line. Upon reflexion, I think it would have been wiser to wait until now to do the brake lines.



I could not help trying one of the upper fairings, it looks quite good do far. Those fairngs are from Fairings etc..

I have begun the installation of the right gear leg fairing. The directions in the plan are somewhat confusing and the reference line is missing on the fairing; So should I cut on the upper part of the fairing?



Or on the lower part?



I slided the upper leg fairing into position and it seems I will be better of cutting the lower part.



The two fairings are now cut.



Then I go on by installing the piano hinge that will close the rear of the fairing once installed on the leg. All this needed the usual drilling, deburring, countersinking and riveting.



The picture show the fairing on the gear leg. I had to trim the lower part a bit as there was some interference with the brake line.



I now have to sand the trailing edge and finish the left side.

I think it will be easier to adjust the wheel fairings with the engine off the fuselage. The fairings have to be aligned with the fuselage in the flying attitude and the wheels not touching the floor, this will be easier to do without the weight of the engine.
But first I fabricate to small dollies to put under the main wheels to be able to move the fuselage sideways in the workshop.



Then I assemble the two halves of the front wheel fairing. A few spots need some sanding but this should ne be a problem.



Then I assemble the main wheel fairings, looks not too bad.



Here is a picture of where both halves meet, I have a few 1/16" gaps.



Then I verified that leg fairngs where not twisted using two squares.



The template on the plan will be used to cut the fairing to the correct size.