Cut out with an Olfa knife. Takes time but its results are excellent.

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Comment by Bob McDonald on January 8, 2012 at 3:08pm

Rear panel is 0.040 thick... I just checked my own pictures "previous" to see what I used. The rear panel was not supplied in the kit.

Comment by Bob McDonald on January 8, 2012 at 3:06pm

This is the panel supplied in the kit. I call it the "pretty panel" as its the one you paint and rivet the the real panel which is traced to fit inside the folded corners from the back of this panel. Rear working or duplicate panel is 0.030 thick, and it has the radio mounting trays riveted to it is made by tracing this panel over it. Drill a hole all 4 corners and "connect the holes" (cut out) with the Olfa knife.

Comment by Arron Doust on January 8, 2012 at 2:02pm

did you drill holes in corners ?

score 1 or both sides  then punch out ?

Thickness of material ? 

 

Comment by Bob McDonald on January 8, 2012 at 6:42am

Hook scraper style blade

Comment by Bob McDonald on January 8, 2012 at 6:41am

"Yes" it is the work of a simple cheap Olfa Knife.

Comment by Arron Doust on January 7, 2012 at 8:53pm

olfa hook scraper style blade ?

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