Subpanel fabrication

Drilling out the old subpanel will be a challenge because of the close fit of some of the rivets to adjacent parts. An angle drill should help a bit here, so one is on the way from the yard store. Quick shipping and a nice USA drill for a decent price. Hope it works out.

In the meantime, fabrication of the replacement subpanel kicked off. Unfortunately, I forgot to order a part so I'll have to contact vans and have them ship it. But, here's the progress so far.

Certainly is starting out better than the part that's in there now. Hope I can finish this up without making too many mistakes. Making a few minor changes here - the weather seal design from the factor has you split it into 3 pieces (corresponding to each panel); but I'm going to make it continuous. Hopefully this will keep water out as some tip up canopies have this problem. 

Also, if at all possible, I'm going to mount, wire, and fit my avionics on the bench then rivet everything permanently. Hopefully that will make it easier than trying to install them in the plane (lying on your back).