Fillet Day!

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 I finally have all the floors and bulkheads wired down, straight and true.  Now its time to get the fillets down.  I did a test fillet using peel ply and really like the result, so I'm going to be using this where I can.

I'm holding off right now on installing bulkheads 1 and 2.  I haven't decided yet if installing these bulkheads when I do the side panels will be the best way to approach this build.



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