Working through the checklist of tasks to complete before installing the windscreen… I masked off the areas of the metal fairings where the adhesive will eventually be applied, and painted the remaining interior surfaces flat black since they will be visible from inside the cockpit.
I stripped off the protective blue masking tape from the edges of the windscreen and screwed/clecoed it in place one last time:
Then I very carefully masked all the glue lines with the purple 3M tape:
On the inside, I masked the rollbar and the underside of the top fairing, which will allow me to lay in a glue fillet in the junction where the rollbar, plexiglass, and aluminum fairing all come together:
Then I took the fairings off once again, and masked off the areas where I don't want to apply glue:
I used a maroon scotchbrite pad to lightly rough up all the mating surfaces, including the exposed edge of the plexiglass:
As I previously did for the sliding canopy, I cut up some silicone tubing to make little bushings for the oversized screw holes in the plexiglass. This is 4mm ID x 6mm OD tubing, which is just about right for a 5/32" screw in a 1/4" hole.
All the tools and supplies are laid out on the bench, just like the night before a battle…
