Slot shaping
It’s not really explicitely stated anywhere in the instructions, but this seemed like the right time to get the canopy fitted into the slots in the canopy skin. I enlarged the slots roughly following what Dan did. I propped up the front of the canopy with a couple of chunks of 2×4, filed the slot a bit, and then tested the fit.
I got it fitting pretty good, but it was still bulging out quite a bit at the front of the sides. And then I discovered the problem. Even after double checking the drawings, I managed to rivet the sides to the canopy frame with the tabs on the outside instead of the inside. Doh! Should be a simple matter of drilling out a few rivets and re-positioning the tabs. The canopy will never fit correctly the way it is now.
