As I said, knife came out on saturday! Step 1: get a rough fit for canopy to hatch. I first laid it on to where I liked the look and thought the fit would be nice. Then I drew some rough cut marks with a marker and some tape. Afterwords using scissors I cut close to the marks leaving room to final trim an sand to perfect fit after work is completed on hatch.
Step 2: I thiought the hatch looked better with a slanted dash, so while fitting the canopy, I marked the hatch with tape to where the cut would be. Then I got the handy saw out and carefully made some passes to get my cut made. Then I used a sanding block to make a final edge for the dash.
Last but not least! Step 3: final sand fit to cowl before fiberglass. As seen in pictures, I wanted to sand the hatch to a slight undercut to the cowl. This way when I glass the hatch it will be an even or flush surface. So with the hatch and cowl in place, I sanded the hatch to be slightly undersized for preparation for fiberglass!
