Photo shoot

The zodiac and the RV on the ramp together.

Finish

I fabricated the oil door from aluminium with a "hidden hinge".

Finishing

Wing walk and N-Number in place.

Wings

Dynon pitot installed. I pre wired for a heated pitot later. This one is unheated.

Finish

More panel labelling

Finish

Interior panels in place, doing first weight and balance.

Fuselage

Squeezing the "last" rivet. (except it never is!)

FWF

Oil filter pic for reference.

Electrical

Installed LED NAV strobes and cut lenses (with wiss snips!!) to fit. Drilled and tapped for screws.

Electrical

Installing HID lights and boxes.

Electrical

I fabricated a GPS shelf. I know it's hot FWF but I hear many have had good success mounting here.

Electrical

Tidying wiring before final riveting of the top skin.

Red box is Vertical Power VP50, silver box is the lightspeed plasma electronic ignition.

Radio stack is pre-wired for a Garmin 430W that I plan to add in future.

Canopy

Canopy in place.

Canopy

Canopy bolted on for the last time!

Fuselage

Starting on the placards. This is the baggage compartment.