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Painted the upper and lower cowl plus air inlet parts with exterior latex house paint primer from Lowe's, about $30 per gallon. Hardware store screws in the nut plate holes keep paint out of the screw threads. This is the same paint as previously used on the wings and fuselage. My water separ

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Converted my shop back into a paint booth, all the while thinking "This will only take a few days." I wish. Meanwhile the airplane is back on the gear and waiting patiently gathering dust in the other room sans wings and cowl. Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA

KR> Cowl Construction

Looking good, Sid, hope your weight and balance is also good. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Sid Wood wrote: > Here are some photos of my new cowl at final fit check today before > painting. > Lower cowl has a closure fairing for the nose gear strut and a gascolator > access door. Upper cowl

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You do good work Sid. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics Peoples Choice at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN Best KR at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN Best Interior at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN Be

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Here are some photos of my new cowl at final fit check today before painting. Lower cowl has a closure fairing for the nose gear strut and a gascolator access door. Upper cowl has an oil service access door. Theoretically, could fly now, but will go for some paint and decals. https://s3.amazonaw

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Looking good, Sid, Larry Bell On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Sid Wood wrote: > Here is a picture of the top and bottom cowl for fit check on the > firewall. The old air duct for left cylinder bank cooling is peaking > through the left air intake opening. Will make an adapter for the front > e

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Here is a picture of the top and bottom cowl for fit check on the firewall. The old air duct for left cylinder bank cooling is peaking through the left air intake opening. Will make an adapter for the front end and reuse the fiberglass engine cooling ducts. https://s3.amazonaws.com/expercraft/

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My VW engine came Great Plains Aircraft and had the standard oil drain cover plate. The Revmaster side oil drain was needed due to the addition of the Revmaster oil cooler on the bottom of the engine. New oil cooler is also one of the reasons for building a new cowl. Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6

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Well, you have to remove the oil drain cover before you split the case, no matter what. You will really like this remote drain. Any VW conversion can use it, it does not have to be a Revmaster. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics? Peoples Choice at 2013 - KR Gathering in

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OAT is 14 degrees F; shop is 68 degrees F and I am laying up fiberglass. The plan is working, so far so good. Also installed the Revmaster oil side drain today and found out what the big grooves on the bottom side of the oil pan are for. Actually they allow a socket wrench access to the case b

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Here are three pictures showing stages of cowl construction for my KR-2. The first picture shows removing the peal ply prior to sanding the edges after adding one BID to the inside of the top and bottom cowl to stiffen the pieces. Second picture shows the blue marking for the future holes for

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Looking good, Sid, Larry Bell On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Sid Wood wrote: > Here are two pictures showing removal of the Styrofoam plug from the cowl > shell using a Dremel oscillatory tool with a scraper blade. > Amazing how the foam increases in volume as chip and chunks. > > https://s3.

KR> Cowl Construction

Here are two pictures showing removal of the Styrofoam plug from the cowl shell using a Dremel oscillatory tool with a scraper blade. Amazing how the foam increases in volume as chip and chunks. https://s3.amazonaws.com/expercraft/sidwood/76336265152d5df7073dfa.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/experc

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Here is a picture of the top cowl newly cut from the bottom cowl. Not quite like birthing a baby, but you get the idea. Have not seen that VW for a while. Still lots more to go. https://s3.amazonaws.com/expercraft/sidwood/139262206252ce090a5b74d.jpg Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 Mechanicsville, MD,

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Epoxy reducer sounds good, Sid. Thanks, Larry On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:43 PM, smwood wrote: > Larry, > Last week there was a mention on the KRnet of using alcohol to thin micro > slurry. I have never done that; did not occur to me. However, with that > thought in mind, I tried using Epoxy Red

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I was asked off-line how I located where to cut the air inlets after glassing the foam plug. I had put holes in the foam at each corner of the prospective inlet and filled these holes with micro during the filling and sanding of the foam. After the fiberglass had set, the white micro spots were v

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Larry, Last week there was a mention on the KRnet of using alcohol to thin micro slurry. I have never done that; did not occur to me. However, with that thought in mind, I tried using Epoxy Reducer. I just happened to have some left over from trying to get the Smooth Prime to work. While we

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Here is a picture of the new cowl plug mold ready for fiberglass. https://s3.amazonaws.com/expercraft/sidwood/80076407452c35c69baac6.jpg Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA

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Thanks for the pics Sid. Keep them coming. On Dec 13, 2013 12:09 PM, "Sid Wood" wrote: > Here is a picture of the plug for the new cowl. The Styrofoam and micro > resembles a toasted marshmallow. Had to remove the nose wheel to get > access for the power sander on the bottom. It does look like

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Here is a picture of the plug for the new cowl. The Styrofoam and micro resembles a toasted marshmallow. Had to remove the nose wheel to get access for the power sander on the bottom. It does look like a tail dragger. Six gallon jugs of water on the horizontal stab keep the tail firmly on th

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Here of two pictures of the Styrofoam plug sanded to shape and with Micro ready to sand some more with the 2180 VW trapped inside. https://s3.amazonaws.com/expercraft/sidwood/212425457152a91bbfbd1f0.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/expercraft/sidwood/169508815152a91bbfbf903.jpg Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-

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The Styrofoam plug for the new cowl looks like an over-size marshmallow; sanding the micro to final shape and smoothness. Next will be the fiberglass wet lay-up. I did go on a eleven-day cruise to the Caribbean over Thanksgiving holiday; so, did not hit a lick on the new cowl for two weeks. The