Adding the outer layups on the bench. What's hard to see is the dowels spreading the tabs to keep them parallel. The plywood pieces are clamped (over plastic) onto the tabs to keep the outside smooth.

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Initial attempt at getting the saddles to fit. The edges have been smoothed off, but can't round the tabs until you know where the bushings will go. None of the shims are in place here yet.

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Here we've got the microglass and inner layups in progress. Note the shims behind the center of the gear and around the saddles. There's also a shim under each saddle to keep it off the duct and away from the fuselage. The gear leg tips are also supported on the floor to keep the gear from moving. Use lots of microglass, since the gaps between the saddles and the gear are large. The tabs have been rounded by this point, using an estimate of the thickness of the inner triax layups to figure out where the bushing will go.

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Same time frame as previous picture. The duct tape visible below and to the back of the gear leg is holding the inner shim (and keeping it from getting epoxied permanently in place). There's a lot of microglass oozing out of the saddle which will have to be looked after until it gets hard enough to stop flowing. After cure, you can clean up the excess with a Dremel.