Fred,
Did the Perspex shrink, or did the fiberglass move/change. Given my recent
experience with the wings my bet would be on the fiberglass moving.
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Fillinger" <n3eu@comcast.net>
Subject: Europa-List: Honey, I Shrank the Perspex!
>
> Hi, all --
>
> I remembered doing a trial fit of each "Perspex" originally after kit
> delivery, and I recall only modest trimming to be needed. Now one
> door's glass has shrunk up to 1/4" in some places. Both are enough to
> require rework of the rebates to provide bonding area. They've also
> shrunk mostly top/bottom, vs. fore/aft, so rework of the rebate can be
> mostly at the top.
>
> I checked the windscreen this A.M., after gathering nerve to do so,
> and it has shrunk too, with probable fiberglass rework, even without
> smoothing out some unsteady or (non-sober?) cutting by whichever
> factory cut it . I bought the kit all at once, and there were sticker
> dates on some items in the fuse kit as old as 96-97. So this acrylic
> plastic may have seen quite a few birthdays to date, even if newer.
>
> Has anyone encountered this? Maybe someone with a many-year old
> Europa may have observed a once nice fit of the door is now no longer
> a pretty fit?
>
> Reg,
> Fred F.
>
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