The ECU, GCU etc all need to be mounted pretty securely, after all they are the most expensive/fragile bits! I had toyed with the idea of not making this panel, weight saving after all, but I decided in the end that I would feel like a complete plonker if they got damaged! However, as this panel is not really adding any extra stiffness, I made it from some thin ally sheet, the same stuff as for the duct bucks. Everything will be velcroed on with that manically expensive stuff, although it is actually quite good! Again this was then removed, keyed, glued and then riveted on.

So with the floor on the next panels to go on were the sides. I have not been looking forward to these, a I knew that they wre going to be tricky to get on, as they needed to be flexed around some of the chassis members. The first jobbette was to apply generous amounts of tape to any member that might get scratched by the panels.

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