With the root rib template accurately positioned it was now possible to shape and install the lengths of 1/2" * 0.035 stainless steel channel that will form the outer edges of the main windscreen. Two lengths were shaped to identical curves matching as closely as possible the profile of the root rib and braised onto the two short supporting tubes. The windscreen also has a central bow but this will be fabricated once the windscreen is in place to follow precisely the actual curve of the acrylic material to be used as the shape of the top of the firewall means that the centre of the windscreen will not follow exactly the same curve as the edges. Once both outer bows were finished one of them was jigged onto the right hand side of the fuselage flush with the outside of the main tubing (to allow the side screens to lie flat) and tack welded into place. The jigs were then removed and the right hand bow was then final welded. Next job while the fuselage is in the workshop nose in is to fabricate the right door, then I can reverse the fuselage to install the left hand wing brackets and window bow.
Also, I can then shorten the left hand door to fit under the wing as it is currently too high.
With the root rib template accurately positioned it was now possible to shape and install the lengths of 1/2" * 0.035 stainless steel channel that will form the outer edges of the main windscreen. Two lengths were shaped to identical curves matching as closely as possible the profile of the root rib and braised onto the two short supporting tubes. The windscreen also has a central bow but this will be fabricated once the windscreen is in place to follow precisely the actual curve of the acrylic material to be used as the shape of the top of the firewall means that the centre of the windscreen will not follow exactly the same curve as the edges. Once both outer bows were finished one of them was jigged onto the right hand side of the fuselage flush with the outside of the main tubing (to allow the side screens to lie flat) and tack welded into place. The jigs were then removed and the right hand bow was then final welded. Next job while the fuselage is in the workshop nose in is to fabricate the right door, then I can reverse the fuselage to install the left hand wing brackets and window bow. 
Also, I can then shorten the left hand door to fit under the wing as it is currently too high.
