I started to prep the aft top skin to rivet, and realized I was short some rivets. This should come this week. Payton came out to hang...

One silly thing that has always bugged be a little bit, was the somewhat exposed piano hinge for the baggage door. Here is how it...

I clecoed the forward fuselage skin back on today. I made a little piece of scrap angle to hold the opening for the baggage door square....

I layed out the small handful of parts to paint and scuffed them before painting them. I also laced the static line to the rib after...

My pro seal came from Van's this week, so m came up with a way to hold the static ports in place. I had a couple of scraps of wood that...

A couple of the rivets from the elevator hardstop were hard to buck myself, so I will get Leslie to help me later. The windshield frame...

My rust converter dried, and you can see the texture of the rusted surface. I decided I would smooth it out with some bondo because I...

I continued on the aft top skin work. I drilled the gussets, which required moving the bulkhead out of the way after the first three...

I started today by taking the empennage back off. It always feels like going backwards putting parts back in the shed. I put the vs and...

After about a month away from the project, I was able to get back to building today. Step one was just getting the garage cleaned up...

The leading edge of the VS was contacting the top skin after getting everything in place. I created some additional clearance.

Today I worked on putting the aft elevator pushrod in, I will have to take some of these components back out later to put the pitch servo...

Today, I was able to wrap up the Service Bulletin rework and start fitting the HS to the aircraft. I deburred and trimmed the angles as...

I had a few minutes tonight while on a phone call, so I celcoed together a few parts. I also put the painted baggage parts back into the...

Today I worked on control rod assemblies while I am waiting on parts for the SB . First, I clecoed and drilled the bell crank. next I...

I started by trimming the flange back that needs clearance for the elevator horns. I also drilled a couple of rivets out that will get...

I added torque seal to all of the bolts that got installed in the side skin, now that they were a little easier to access. I also...

I agonized about this seam for the last week or so. I had missed rolling the bottom edge of the forward side skins before I riveted them...

I was able to buck all of the aft rivers using a piece of foam, and my back riveting plate. I was able to get most of the forward skins...

I finished fitting and drilling the forward bottom skins. Then everything came back off to deburr and prep. I put blobs of silicone in...