Today, I worked on the camlock mounting strips. I used Jeff Bordelon's website as a guide. First i cut some two inches wide strips from 1,5mm (0,060 inches) aluminum sheet bought locally. The curve at the top requires some tweaking and leaves a bit less strip apparent than on the top and the sides, but it should not be a problem.



Some builders have reported that the cowl is standing slightly proud of the fuselage. The only thing to do is to insert a small shim (0,020) between the strip and the firewall. I make only one to see how it works. The holes are drilled large enough for the dimple to show. This will also allow not to countersink the strips. I'll see later if I need the shims or not.



A picture from the side of the fuselage, the long line shows the separation between the upper and lower cowl. The circles show apporximate position of the camlocks.



A view from above, with the circles and the cutouts that will be done to allow for a better tweaking around the curve.

I will install Camlocks along the firewall and so beagn preparing the installation. First I had to dimple the firewall, then I began preparing the mounting strips.