Well today was a glorious day on the project. I finished* the first major sub-assembly of my plane. The horizontal stabilizer is done. Only had one issue which required I drill out 2 rivets and that was with the elevator brackets getting in the way of the squeezer on some rivets. I just got out the…

More riveting today. Finished up all the “bucked” rivets on the left side and moved onto the right. As I went, I found that putting a little masking tape over the mushroom set on the rivet gun reduces the marring on the skin. I saw this on some other builder sites. I’m planning on painting…

Today, I took a nice flight out to practice some short and soft field takeoffs and landings with my friend John and then I got started on the riveting. Here is the first bucked rivet of the project. Up to this point I’ve been able to “squeeze” the rivets. This is a little intimidating at…

Had a little time today so I riveted the front spar assembly together. Now it’s time to get the skins on.

Today was pretty uneventful. I thought I would get some priming done but had a few errands come up. I got all the internal parts cleaned and they are all ready to be primed tomorrow. To prep, I “scrubbed” all the parts with water and a Scotch-Brite pad. Dried them and then went over them…