Finished bending, prepared all parts and primed: 6.1 hours

I got the elevator skin bent just right but it took a while because I didn't want to over bend it. The process was to bend a little, temporarily attach the skin to the spar and check, then repeat. The left elevator should be quicker.

After that I finished all the edges of the skin, ribs and spar. I also mounted the lead counterweight which required some tricky drilling. I then match drilled all the rivet holes, deburred the holes, and dimpled the parts and skin. The last step was cleaning and priming everything.

Ready to start riveting!

 

Set up to drill the counterweight.

 

Right elevator under structure.

 

Temporarily assembled for match drilling.

 

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