Author Archives: pclifton

What’s this, a blog post? No way! OK yeah, I’ve coaxed myself past the “walk through the hangar and think of what I should be doing” phase and into, well, actually doing something. I’ve been tinkering from time to time … Continue reading →

Previously, I mentioned wanting to work on the hinges for the upper cowl before moving on to drilling the side hinges. To recap, the reason for tapering the hinge eyes is to improve the fit where the cowling curves are … Continue reading →

So while I’m still not 100% sure what I’m going to do for my cowl pin covers, I’ve decided that figuring that out doesn’t need to stop me from moving forward on getting the hinges in place. So a couple … Continue reading →

Hello, my name is Philip, and I suffer from analysis paralysis. That’s the main theme for this weekend. After getting the lower cowl shimmed to my liking, it was time to start fine-tuning the joint between the cowl halves. A … Continue reading →

Once again, this is a post covering a few days. I’ve been trying to be productive on the weekends, but it sure is tough after, oh, about 11 AM or so. Anyway, on Sunday I got the upper cowl in … Continue reading →