We started fitting the heat shields today. We started with the bulk head panel, carefully positioning before marking up the holes, drilling and finally riveting into place. We used 4.8mm diameter rivets. The first 4 panels have gone in fairly easily with only a few minor tweaks. We had to file a few millimetres off a couple of edges to get them to fit absolutely perfectly. We are really pleased with the way they look and well worth getting the CAD design and laser cut out.

We just need to fit the front inner wing panels now, then polish out any small scratches.


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