It's been a while since I posted, and lots of stuff has been done since the last post. The forward fuselage has been riveted together! This is kind of a big deal, now I'm looking at a much larger piece of airplane when I go in the garage.
I did all the side rivets myself, but had help (Thanks Austin!) doing the bottom rivets. We rolled it on its side to finish up the several rows of rivets along the bottom. After that, I put in the little legs you see in the photo, and took it off the sawhorses. The level is used to check for any twists (there are none, mainly due to pre-punched kit rather than my skill.)
Lots of other things have been done: steps drilled and ready to mount, I redid the brake pedals a bit to make them better, put in static ports, and various other bits here and there. Next up are the aft top fuselage skins.
I did all the side rivets myself, but had help (Thanks Austin!) doing the bottom rivets. We rolled it on its side to finish up the several rows of rivets along the bottom. After that, I put in the little legs you see in the photo, and took it off the sawhorses. The level is used to check for any twists (there are none, mainly due to pre-punched kit rather than my skill.)
Lots of other things have been done: steps drilled and ready to mount, I redid the brake pedals a bit to make them better, put in static ports, and various other bits here and there. Next up are the aft top fuselage skins.
