Tonight I countersunk and riveted the wear strips, then made and test-fit the canopy hinge covers.
The hinge covers needed some minor adjustment to fit. I needed to file the edges of the F-01455C seal angles to allow the hinge covers to slide past with no interference. Mostly it was removing pro seal that had bulged into the gap, then maybe half a mm off one side.
The left side canopy wear strip installedCanopy hinge cover and the slot it will occupy once installed. There are more steps to manufacture the cover, including a retaining clip. Then final installation doesn’t happen until the canopy is installed for the final time. These are designed to pop off if an unplanned canopy jettison is needed Sitting in place over the hinge
