The simplest way to do the cowling extension would be to cut the last three inches or so from the rear of the cowling and then splice in the extension between the main cowl and the fuselage ring you just cut off. Determine the amount of extension needed, place foam blocks in the voids, sand the foam to shape, glass it over, feather it in, sand smooth, prime and paint. Sounds pretty simple and easy to do. I had to reconstruct a cowling I took from a KR mold to make it fit my 2" wider firewall and basically used this procedure and the final result was a very nice cowl. At least I think it is. Here is a link to view: http://www.flykr2s.com/cowl.html
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI My Web site: http://www.flykr2s.com/ Mailto:flyk...@wi.rr.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Larry H. It is a big deal to remake the cowling and trying to make all the angles line up with the fuselage. Just imagine the curvature of the side of the fuselage that curves around onto or into the engine cowling, this look TOTALLY CHANGES when you move the engine and cowling forward. If you want your plane to look good this requires more time and effort than it originally did, trust me I have been there. If you don't care what your plane looks like then yes just add to the rear of the exhising cowling which is still not that easy of a task and let it go. I highly recommend that you place your engine where it will stay and make your cowling the way it will stay also from the very beginning. Re do's are very time consuming and a huge pain in the rear end. Anyone who has made this change knows what I am talking about if they took the time to blend in all the angles and make it look good. Larry H.
