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Making the covering for the rear engine cover. I'm using the old aluminum siding my brother gave me and I figured out a neat way to make it work and follow the contours of the compound curve.
I use tin snips to cut off the nail flange. Then I slightly crimp the locking flange while holding the panel slightly off my piece of railroad track mounted in the vise, which curves the flange and the panel. This allows that flange to slip over the aluminum strips that are the frame of the cover (welded as a unit). Unlike roofing you start at the top and work down once you get the center piece installed, clamp them down and rivet them to the frame.
regards
Mech
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