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Old 08-19-2018, 07:57 PM
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I continue to lurch towards the end of this build.

Today I installed a new laundry shelf, and was able to get it in about 7.5" from the tip of the BT, which I think should just be enough. I then applied a patch on the inside of the body tube where I punctured it. See picture 1.

Then, in order to get the flap of BT to lay flat(-ish), I carefully trimmed the "inner" layers of it, corresponding to the inner layers of the rolled BT. Then I put a dab of TBII into the hole, and pressed down the flap. Because the hole was only about 3" from the end of the BT, I was able to squeeze it between my fingers (index finger inside the tube, thumb on the outside). Once the glue had set up, the flap was pretty flat. It's not beautiful but honestly it's less bad than I thought it would be. See picture 2.

Tomorrow I will apply a wee bit of touch-up paint onto the damaged area, and another coat around the base of my repaired fin (which does not look as good as I would like, to say the least). Then we're almost there.
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