Leslie came out to help drill the canopy holes to size. She missed once. We drilled everything to size. After Peter and Payton helped me...

I took since time today to layout and drill the holes that attach the canopy. I worked my way around the canopy until the frame was fully...

My dad was in for Thanksgiving, and he brought the motivation to get back working on the canopy. We lifted the canopy off and on about a...

I pulled the forward half of the fairings off today. I will clean out the foam, and put a strip of glass over the transition between the...

I got Leslie to help me lift the canopy on to the fuselage. We had to put the fuselage down on its wheels to clear the garage door. This...

I started trimming the canopy in the line. I made a cradle with an old sheet to support the canopy. Peter helped me smooth the edges.

I started getting the other half of the intersection fairings started. I taped off the existing fairing to keep them from sticking...

I used my truck to move the canopy from the shed to the garage. Then I broke the crate down around the canopy. After getting a shape I...

A set of sanding blocks that I ordered came today. I trimmed some more, likely this won't be completely necessary once the canopy is if...

I started today by riveting on the clips to the windshield frame. Then, I began fitting the frame to the fuselage. There was not really a...

I didn't do to much today accept clean up the forward skin a bit.

we continued riveting the forward top skin today This was pretty straightforward. On an -8, even with the top skin on, ther is still...

We loaded the skin with rivets, before I climbed in upside down to buck them. We got about half of them done before Leslie called it a...

I decided to rivet the forward top skin now to keep working on the canopy. In an -8 there is pretty good access to the bulkhead that any...

I worked on the canopy frame some today. This dimension is supposed to be around 3/4". Clearly it has a long way to go. The frame is also...

My correct canopy roller spacer came in, so I swapped it out.

I built up the two roller assemblies on the canopy. I was missing one of the brass bushings, so I made one from aluminum that was close...

I am planning on making these in two parts, directly in place. The split line will be the two fairing halves with a mall overlap between...

I used a hack saw blade to start carving the intersection fairings. After roughing them to shape, I used a piece of sandpaper on a scrap...

I got out the rest of my plumb bobs and started aligning the main gear fairings. Here you can see one of the points marked with magnets...