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I epoxied the new cap-strip contours to the lower stb spar. The 4mm parts seem to work best here
with no sanding required.
The weather has been reasonable so with the contours in place, I thought I'd layout the stb lower Fokker Red Oratex panel in place so that I can mark the glue lines on the inside. The 168" x 48" roll is quite unwieldy for one person to handle. My helper (Grandson) is off to college and doesn't get home as often as my extra set of hands. However, I have worked out some techniques and highly recommend the use of cardboard tubes as rollers. 2' diameter tubes seem to work best for me.
Using the materials utilization dimensions Chris provided, I see a huge amount of excess material (in my case at the leading edge). My color scheme has the Fokker Red wings with the leading edge wrapped with about an 18" wide strip of Sky Blue accented at the transition edges with the Insignia White Oratex stripping tapes. I'll be cutting off a goodly amount of that excess.