Victory shot with the newly attached windscreen fairing:
Very happy with the fit.
The fiberglass turned out great but the paint shop will take it to the final finish.
My brother Paul was instrumental in getting the windscreen fairing attached. We used Sikaflex 295 UV. This is the same product I have used to attach the windscreen, canopy and canopy fairing. The prior experiences definitely made a difference on the canopy fairing. It was still very messy and a lot of work. (The little black pouches around the fairing in the photo are one pound weights from a training vest.)
Here we have applied the Sika primer. You can also see all the precision taping. We used two layers of electrical tape and peeled one off after the primer had dried.
Fairing after first coat of epoxy primer. This revealed a number of pinholes that I went over with Metal Glaze followed by more sanding and another coat of primer.
After a layer of West epoxy using the fast hardener.
Elevator tips after initial coat of West micro:
Sanding the Rage ultra and metal glaze:
It was easier to apply this layer of filler with the fairing in place.
Final fiberglass to close out the elevator tip:
