Uh oh

For all of the panels so far it takes a bit of fitting through cutting, sanding, or warping but they eventually fit. Not so with the outermost panels under the panel, next to the rudder pedals. The air duct shapes are all wrong on the new panels and there's no way the metal duct covers are going to fit. I'm going to have to call Plane Plastics to see what's up. I'm almost thinking that they're for a different year/model Cardinal. You can see a part of the replaced pilot-side door sill which has to be painted yet. The plan is to paint that black rather than try to match the previous red. It sure would have been nice if the plastic could be obtained in any other colors other than white.

Interior Panels

Once again it's been way too long since I posted. I've been spending lots of time at the airport in the evenings for the last number of weeks working on getting the interior plastic replaced. It's really a very slow, tedious process. All the plastic parts come oversized and require trimming for a proper fit. That wouldn't be so bad if that's all it took but the angles and overlaps of the pieces are such that liberal use of a heat gun is necessary for almost every piece. The easiest piece to fit so far: the pilot's side door sill.
Still haven't found a matching red paint to use for painting those parts that are supposed to be red.
As it turns out almost every plastic part is already a Plane Plastics (formerly Kinze) replacement but is brittle to the point of nearly shattering in some cases. How did the plastic get this way? I've seen comments on various web sites that this may have been caused by the type of paint used but what type of paint would that be? The research will continue.