Category: Cabin Top

More sanding down the high spots, and filling in the low spots. It’s looking pretty close to being done… but it seems like the last

I’ve decided that I am going to go forward with the overhead switch pod that I’ve been putzing with. However, the foam plug I had

Tonight was spent doing some final tweaking to the shape of the switch pod. Once I had that done, I cut an aluminum panel that

Pretty quick night, but an important one! I first covered the foam pod form and the area of the cabin top around it with packaging

Overnight, the switch pod had fully cured (thanks to some heat lamps, this Minnesota winter doesn’t want to go away!) I popped the pod off

Tonight, the flange I had glassed in had cured, so I trimmed that up. Then, since I’ll be installing the pod permanently soon, I bolted

I started by riveting in place some nutplates for the pod switch panel. Then I re-taped off the interface line between what will be clear-coated

As it sat after being glassed in place, the switch pod was pretty rough. I did an initial rough sanding with some 50 and 80

More of the same tonight. I started by sanding smooth the switch pod again. I also sprayed on some high build primer as a sanding

More of the same. It’s ridiculous the amount of time this process sucks up!