To begin I drew the fitting on some poster board to use as a quick reference and to center punch the holes I drilled to make a smooth radius where the fitting will be bent.

I drilled the two holes for the radius and then drilled a couple of holes to mount the plate to the bending block. The bending block has also been pre drilled the proper distance for drilling pilot holes in the ears after bending.

After I marked the center line of the block I attached the plate to it using the center line drawn on the template for alignment.

Then I put the block and plate in the vice and cut a line just short of the fitting line so I wouldn't have to bend the entire length of the plate. Next was to bend it into shape using a sledge hammer. I use a piece of wood to protect the steel while bending. A little adjustment for springback was necessary after bending.

After bending I drilled through the pre drilled hole in the block creating a pilot hole in the fitting ear in the correct location.

Next I trimmed the excess steel off that wasn't bent. After that I marked the proper radius for the correct edge distance (for after the hole in the ear is drilled to the final size) and ground and filed the fitting to the proper shape.

Before bending the second ear I decided to go ahead and trim the excess steel that wasn't needed for the fitting off. I had to make sure the existing fitting ear was flush with the block before bending otherwise I could have gotten a misaligned bend. The holes used to attach the plate to the block were now gone.

Here is the bent fitting after using the same procedure described above. It came out fine but for the next fitting I think I will leave the tab on the end a little long so I can drill holes in it for attaching to the bending block.

After bending the ear I placed the fitting back on the block aligning the hole in the first ear with the hole pre drilled in the block. Next was to drill back through the hole, block and the other ear.

This is the fitting after drilling. You can see the radius and the other outlines marked for trimming.

The almost final product. The tab sticking out to the left will be bent to fit the longeron during rigging of the lower wings. Now all I have to do is get the wings finished!