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I am by no means a professional or "master" builder and these procedures may not be the best methods for you.

Carden provides a nice construction guideline and color photos as an aid to building their kits.

I have chosen to build things in a little bit different order than they lay out in their manual

Part 6 - The Hatch and Canopy

With the turtle now in place we can go ahead and build the front hatch / canopy assembly

	See The front hatch has been "skinned" and is in it's shuck. We'll leave it overnight for the Probond to cure
	See Front view of the hatch in it's shuck
	See The hatch assembly still in the shuck , the weights are removed
	See The excess balsa skins around the edges of the hatch need to be trimmed
	See Trial fitting the hatch on top of the fuse
	See The front and rear 1/4" balsa end caps are glued on. Notice the 3/8" balsa sticks again holding the hatch in place flush with the fuse sides
	See The 1/8" ply hatch hold downs glued to the front of the F2 formers. Two 1/4" dowels will be glued into the hatch and they will slide into these 1/8" ply "hold down" members
	See The canopy floor rails are fitted
	See Once again I use 3/8" square sticks to jig the canopy assembly in place. The canopy will be flush with the fuse, so the rails and rear of the canopy section are "recessed" to the fuse. I glued scrap pieces of canopy plastic to the 3/8" balsa sticks to jig the canopy rails the right distance in from the edge of the fuse
	See The canopy rails, spacer jigs and rear face of the canopy
	See The rails are epoxied in place and waiting to cure
	See The hatch / canopy assembly is "rough" assembled and removed from the fuse for inspection. The 1/8" ply hold down members and the floor still need t to be glued on
	See Another view of the assembly (rear view)
	See The inside "canopy hold down" members are epoxied in place
	See The other side view
	See the side view of the canopy here