Time for windows! The rear side windows were easy - just cut the clear plastic to size and glue in from the inside of the cabin with canopy glue. The front side windows will be done after the windshield is done, and some extra trim work will clean up the look.
For those who haven't used canopy glue, it's amazing stuff! In the pic below it's white and easily seen at the bottom of the windshield, but once it dries it's clear and blends in very nicely. The vertical portions were glued early this morning and it's already mostly clear. It remains a bit rubbery as well, and sticks to wood or covering material nicely.
Speaking of the windshield, I went with thicker plastic than Sig sells, as I really dislike floppy windshields that buckle from prop-wash. It's probably a little overkill for a lightly powered plane like this, but I had the perfect size scrap piece to use. To make the windshield I used some card stock and followed the shape of the blue curve - it's almost like I planned it to work perfectly like this! After a bunch of trial & error, trimming the card stock numerous times, etc., I could transfer the template to the plastic and cut to size. It still required a little trimming, but worked as planned.
Last, I invited my wife to the workshop last night (I know, never a good idea...) to ask her opinion on trim for the fuselage. When I got the plane it had a bunch of blue trim on the tail leading edges and elsewhere, and I wasn't sure if I wanted to add that back to the design or leave it plane. She liked the cleaner look without it, so I'll agree and leave it off, other than maybe adding "Sig Kadet Senior" text somewhere later on. But it still looked a little plain, so I added a thin black pinstripe around 3/4 of the plane, as seen above. I think that'll be all it really needs.
Oh, and I test-fit the wing to see how the extended blue window graphics would look and I think my idea of making them larger to be more visible under the wing will work. More on that later.
