Layup Time!

The first two layers got sandwiched between the inserts and the board. One with the fibers at +- 90 degrees, the second with fibers at +- 45 degrees. During the layup I buttered up the bottom and sides of the cutout with some thickened epoxy to make sure the corners got filled in. Then the two layers of carbon, then popped the inserts in. Notice I filled the inserts with some packing foam cut into strips. This is to keep the epoxy from seeping into the tracks. They get pulled out after the tracks are opened up after the layup and painting.

Next were three layers of carbon (cut 90° -> 45° -> 90°) that covered the entire sanded area, and wrapped around over the tail. Sadly, I don't have a picture of that step because my hands were dripping epoxy, and I didn't want to goop up my phone. But here's a picture with the peel-ply over top, and then after it was peeled off:

But the area directly over the inserts was a little too low, so I had to fill it in with some biaxial fiberglass and more epoxy. And then a final layer of 4oz fiberglass over the whole thing. That I then spent a bit of time carefully sanding down until it was perfectly flush, dead flat, and parallel with the rest of the board (or at least the leftover forward parts of the original tracks. In the next pic the lighter bits over the inserts is where i added fiberglass. And finally a pic of the back of the board- the layup wraps around as one piece.

And then on to the finishing touches and paint!