*  Installed panel nuts to elevator for mounting trim tab servo/cover panel. Mounted the servo and attached it to the trim tab. There is plenty of clearance and it is solid and flush with the elevator skin.

*  Cut out the instrument panel face since it is not needed. An overlay panel will fit over the front to carry the instruments.

*  Fitted the instrument panel to the fuselage. This is not a very good fit at first. The panel flange curves way more than the fuselage does so the panel has to be drawn up with long screws that will reach through. The instructions say to use clecos but there is no way they will work. They are too short. Once it was in place the cutouts were marked for the canopy arms to penetrate through. The panel was removed and the cutouts made. The air vent mounting holes were drilled and the side cutouts for the support brackets were cut. The support brackets were also made.

*  The instructions say how much and from where to measure for mounting things to the panel but the place to measure from is a rounded edge and hard to judge. So when locating the air vents and the lift strut ball joints I was careful to make sure things would fit before drilling. The air vents are very, very close to where the panel support brackets meet the panel. Smaller vents would be nice. I also got the ball joint brackets to low the first time so had to refit and re-drill. Some filling of unused holes and filling around the ball joint bracket are still needed.

*  The last thing for the day was floxing in the panel support brackets and applying an overlay of fiberglass.