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Author Archives: pclifton
Deburring stuff
No photos tonight, nothing especially cool to speak of. Most of the time was spent finishing the edges of the forward upper skin – filing off the little nubs from where I removed the unused sections, smoothing everything out, cleaning … Continue reading
Match drilling
Yeah, that’s pretty much it. I did all the match drilling on the forward upper skin this morning, which is basically all the work to be done here. The only other thing remaining to fitting two ribs that go between … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 1
Panel assembly, forward skin fitting
It actually extends beyond the aircraft centerline: And just for more illustrative purposes, I temporarily installed the baggage compartment floors and such to show the space available up here, with one of my milk jug cleco holders for scale. Not … Continue reading
More panel prep
More of the tedious stuff tonight. Most of what I did was just cleaning up all the rough edges on the panel components, and in this case it was kind of a worst-of-both-world situation: the panel attach strip (which joins … Continue reading
Baggage bulkhead riveting, panel prep
Another quick work session. I riveted the baggage bulkhead into place after triple-checking that there wasn’t any remaining prep work or anything to do on it. After that I clecoed together the panel wings and the panel attach flange, and … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 1
Interior paint touch-up
Later, I decided to invert the fuselage and rig a heat lamp under there, which I’ll leave on all night long. Hopefully this will help the paint cure a little faster – it’s been my experience that this stuff can … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 1