Pete,
It's great to see the new shots of your project- this Last Mile seems to take the longest.
Regarding covering, well- this is from someone who is 1mm past "Total Newbie"- I would start with the subwing first- it's the easiest, no compound or simple curves to deal with, and your success with that should be a real confidence booster to then trying your hand with the wheels. I took some shots of my covering the wheels which I did not post or write about, for some reason- but can share if you are interested. The bit on calibrating the iron (you using Poly Fabric?) is tedious but worthwhile- and I'd triple check it when ready, and with some scrap fabric.
I had talked myself into thinking that covering the rudder would be almost too difficult- then I got tired of waiting and did it a couple of weekends ago and while it may not be perfect, I think it looks great. Covering the elevator should be easy and the horizontal stabilizer as well, once you reference where the control cables go through! I still have to do that, and then I'll be covering these same bits too. I made and installed my aileron pulleys a few weeks ago, and at this point, the wings could be covered.
Your firewall roll-over onto the side cowlings looks really great. I have my firewall material all rolled up still in the box, and am waiting to get my fuel tank in before doing much more in the front. Then I'll make up the mount and proceed from there. Your magneto switch looks identical to mine, except my handle is more like a bent wire...
Good going!
Jim
