Lucky -
Mitchelkitman – That could work, but I don’t want to add any extra weight to the bonnet.
(Which is already quite heavy due to the extra strengthening I did before.)
Similarly, I will design the inner wheel arches to be fixed in the engine bay.
(Even though the original Spitfire bonnet had the wheel arches attached.)
First Steps
I used a length of box section steel to hammer the edges of the side panels 90 degrees.
Each side panel will be two sections rivetted together.
Obviously, this would be easier if I had bigger sheets of aluminium to play with.
As the top panel will be made up of 7 individual pieces.
(Sorry the photo is blurred.)
I’ll try to cut out the bottom section today and do some more test fitting before assembly.
Cheers, Paul.
