A fresh day - and the blindingly obvious struck early on. Rather than struggling with a full floor pan, I match drilled some scrap that located everything but still provided complete access for drilling.
This meant the both plates with spacer were able to be rigged and then simply drilled to the fuselage ribs. One note: make sure the forward / left right is checked on the scrap copy!
After lunch the temps were getting back to 26C, so we returned to the canopy. We are struggling somewhat working out the 'best' lines for the front outboard corners.
One option is for a 'corner' which I've seen others have but we decided to try and get something a little more rounded.
Another little trim - this is a very iterative process - trim / sand / edge - test fit - repeat.....
We also trimmed the canopy sides again - getting closer to the side rail locations.
After initial trimming with the cut-off wheel, we've found the handheld belt sander works very well for shaping. It is quite heavy after a while but provides a smooth finish and just the edges need running down with a piece of sandpaper.
The next stage is going to be clamping the canopy to its frame and trimming the side rails to fit. Then the front can be have the final fitting.
