Rear Dome #2

This afternoon I finished off another two panels.  There are two more to go and that will be my job for Friday.

Fig. 1.  The first segment all cleaned up and ready to weld.

Fig. 1.
29/12/2015

Fig. 2.  The top half is complete and the lower half is about to be tacked in place.  It was really hard to weld around the tight corners of the Elevator & Diving plane rig's brackets.  In hind sight it probably would have been a good idea to weld the panels on before the brackets.  Oh well, there's always next time.

Fig. 2.
29/12/2015

Fig. 3.  Segment one complete.

Fig. 3.
29/12/2015

Fig. 4.  Segment two in production.

Fig. 4.
29/12/2015

Fig. 5.  My fancy clamping rig.  It's awkward to setup, but it does the job in holding the edges down enough so I can tack weld them.

Fig. 5.
29/12/2015

Fig. 6.  Segment two tacked and ready to have the final weld.

Fig. 6.
29/12/2015

Fig. 7.  After about three hours a piece, both segments are welding and painted.

Fig. 7.
29/12/2015