Cleaning up the inner dome panels

This is all new to me...cleaning up the inner dome pieces I cut out for use on the outer "pie" panels.  Like I did for the skin panels and doors, the material from the inner layer will make hinging the piece easier.  The hinges will attach to the inner material and allow for a flush fit for the finished product.

Or...so I hope!

As you may recall from a previous posting, cutting the dome pie panels out was a challenge, going through many cutting bits in the process.  That made for a lot of filing work to clean up the not-so-great cuts on the inner dome cut outs.  And...as you can see, the pieces removed need a good deal of work too.....

As you can see from above, I pulled out my reference blue print I used to label all the panels.   I do NOT do this while cutting the panels out, so I had to line up each piece and see what went where.  (One of the FEW times spin lines are useful!).  I used a pencil to label the outside of the panels since those will be covered up by the outer dome panels in the future.

And once I had those all labeled, I did the same to the inner dome as a reference.  I made these marks low on the dome where they will not be visible when the outer dome is placed on it.

Then there was the filing.  Lots and lots of filing.  I just kicked on the TV downstairs and took my time.  

The top and bottom have the curved edges which require a little finesse when filing into a smoother curve.  The sides are straight lines so this is pretty easier to take care of.

Here's the finished results...

Next up is to clean up the inner dome with some more filing...then on to cutting out the the panels on the lower part of the dome.