Apr 2005. Lot of work buillding the top wing skins. Thanks to
Rick Sked for helping backrivet one side and Cosmo for helping with the other.
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First skin test fit. Gotta love these match hole kits.
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Starting with the clecoes.
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Both skins clecoed on. Hands were worn raw from the cleco pliers. And this was before moving them all over one hole while match drilling!
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Another view of the clecoes.
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Taking the clecoes back out after match drilling.
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Trying to bevel the joint between the inboard and outboard wing skins. Turned out ok.
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Another view of the beveled joint in progress.
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Closeup of the edge of one of the skins being beveled.
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Skins attached. First batch of rivets are taped on. NOTE: I elected to backrivet the wing rivets using a large handheld backrivet bucking bar.
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After riveting (well most of it). You judge the results. I highly recommend the backrivetting method here...
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