QUESTION:
Hi Bob,
I picked up an Ace Tigerkitten kits off the web several years ago. Been working on building it since November. I love this website since You’ve got most of the pics and details outlined. Mine didn’t come with a manual.
The cowl that came with my kit is a bit small. It doesn’t fit over the front and over the top deck.
My question is this, is there another cowl, from another model that can be used in place of the one tha came with the kit? I’m thinking of making one from a shaped block of wood and a two liter coke bottle, but wanted to check with you first.
Love the kit!
Rick C.
ANSWER:
Rick,
There aren’t any alternative cowls out there that I’m aware of. If I am correct in the assumption that the cowl you have is only a bit underside, all you have to do is to make a new front former to fit neatly inside the rear of the cowl. When you glue this new former to the front of the existing firewall/former it will serve as a flange onto which the cowl will slip-fit and probably come very close to matching the outer surface of the rest of the front of the airplane.
Bob