Spring has sprung around, but sort of now and then, interspersed with winter. And if it wasn't winter, it was rain--not much, but enough to keep me from making progress. Here's two examples from April and May...
Aerowood came down a couple weeks ago and helped me buck the patches in. By the way, it's not that hard! I like the look and really like the lack of leaks!
This was a first pass polish with F9--the patches were second hand sheets with a few scratches and the shell has a lot of pitting. Note the aft large window--it's a single pane that's in place of the double pane, in anticipation of taking the double pane apart and fixing the solar film bubbles that you can see in the forward window.
The new rivets are 5/32" instead of 1/8", but true to
Aerowood's word, they look identical. Maybe you can see the very small flat spot at the crown of the new rives.
Next task is getting the inside insulated and the skins back on.
Zep