Patch for nose center top

Last week was the Haleiwa Century Ride and the weather was perfect. Good thing it wasn't today because it rained.

Continuing work on the nose, I got started making the patch for the top of the nose center section. This will go behind the outer skin. Basically it will be one 16 in. wide strip that extends down a bit along the edges of the center opening.

The original sheet metal here has deeply flanged edges. Mine will have extra curved pieces welded on. I stopped at welding because I need to buy a fire brick.

The fiberglass patch applied last time had some "dry" spots, so I roughed it up with #100 sandpaper and appled another coat of POR Patch.