Pocket Vent installed

A few weeks back the pocket vents arrived and it was time to install it.

Usually, most parts built from the R2 Builders blueprints slip right in.  But for some reason, this piece was too big for the opening in the skin.

I'll be honest...that sort of thing annoys me.  The fix is to remove some material from the inner skin.  Since the skins have already been painted and bonded together, its very tricky to do this without damaging what you have already worked on.

The next step was to put some protective Blue Painter's Tape to the edges of the skin, so that the debris flying off the Dremel did not damage the paint.

With the area marked off, it was time to slowly...and awkwardly...cut this out.

First we put the THIN cutting disc on the Dremel...

 And despite that looking really scary ...its on the line and what isn't precisely cut can be filed off.

The part comes with a back plate and when screwed into the front piece, they work like a clamp to pull and hold the piece snug...

And now the final results...til paint!