Thursday, November 29, 2007

More wings

Four-day Thanksgiving weekend meant lot of building time. Finished up all skin-to-rib and skin-to-spar rivets on both left and right wings. Also riveted the J-stringers on both top skins. Began riveting flap brackets to the left wing- here is a photo of the outboard flap bracket- lots of long AD4 (1/8") rivet shop heads:


Also on the left and right wings- match drilled, deburred, and dimpled the aileron gap fairing. Waiting for the opportunity to prime them, along with a backlog of other parts. Its dark when I get home from work now, and the weekend weather has been crappy, so priming has backed up. Most likely this weekend.
The right wing top skin is finished (except the gap fairings) and shown here reflecting my car.

Got the call from ABF that my fuselage kit will be here next Thurs. Well I won't be done with the wings by then, but at least there won't be any building delays waiting for it...

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