Primed skeleton and started riveting: 4.9 hours

Got everything primed then riveted the skeleton together. There were some difficult rivets in several places. I used my hand rivet squeezer for the first time for some of these. It gives you more control but it takes a lot of effort to squeeze the 1/8" rivets. I'm glad to have the pneumatic squeezer for the majority of rivets. I also riveted the bottom of the counterweight skin on. I used the rivet gun but it's a very tight space and took a long time.

 

Riveting the reinforcement plates to the spar:

 

The rudder brace was challenging. The squeezer had to be fitted into the hole and carefully positioned.

 

More challenging riveting on the counterweight skin:

 

Skeleton complete, ready for skins!

 

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