Aluminium coating the foot end of the monocoque attaching the exhaust manifold and the transaxle

End of October 2014 update

 Ford Cosworth DFV exhaust manifold attached

Aluminium cladding of foot end of Lotus 72D monocoque done.
This is normal household aluminium foil.
Slightly matted side out.
Cockpit interior is covered in the same.
One side of the foil is spayed with glue spray which is allowed to dry
(the kind that can turn any piece of paper into a post-it note)
then attached carefully, starting from one end and rubbing carefully all the while to ensure proper attachment and conformity to the surface.
Watch out for wrinkles!

The transaxle has now been permanently attached.
(Cockpit detail, air intake and wing are only dry fitted)
A bit tricky to do it in this order, but I felt it being the better options as I had some problems attaching the engine to the bulkhead.
Some force was required as it didn't quite fit..

Working on the wing, got some Alclad on, finished the instrument panel and found some jackstands on a sprue..

Oil cooler, light and piping coming along.

Alclad at work. Pretty good stuff. A bit sensitive to handling. May need a coat of clear..

Top view of wing. Nearly done.

More Alclad.

Looks like a Lotus 72d instrument panel to me.. :-)

Found these parts, not in the instructions.
What are they?

Hmm, enough to make two framed boxes..?

I'll make some jackstands..

..-Ok, Kind of useful.. :-)