Author Archives: pclifton

Finish kit is here!

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More random assembly stuff

Busy day with assorted stuff, but I got a little bit of time in. I hadn’t yet reinstalled the components mounted on the baggage bulkhead, so I got that stuff in place. This also involved reworking my stacked mount for … Continue reading

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ELT switch, panel assembly

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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

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Forward skin disassembly

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Roll bar fitting

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