Riveting the Upper Fwd Fuselage Assembly to the fuselage went pretty easily … … apart from having to modify the rotisserie frame to get the rivet gun onto a couple of rivets on the firewall…
Fwd Fuse Ribs Riveting starts with the Fuselage Fwd Ribs … it’s always fun trying to work out the best way to support the workpieces so they are rock solid during the riveting. The usual…
Well here we are, back to more deburring! I decided to prepare most the parts before any riveting, so as usual this involved reading ahead and making sure all the dimpling and machine countersinking got…
Priming Before the torque tubes are installed, Vans suggest you prime the inside of the tubes. So to clean and scuff the tube interiors I pushed a roll of Scotchbrite through several times, and then…