6 Sep 2023
Rivet right wing top skin
After checking jigs were at zero degrees inclination, completed riveting right wing top skin, including the solid rivets on the trailing edge support area as per the left wing. Everything lined up nicely and the solid rivets squeezed well too.
Riveted rib 14 in place and pulled the navigation light wiring through the grommet in preparation for fitting the wingtip.
Scuffed, deburred and degreased the three short / incorrectly supplied rear fuselage rib components - ready for primer and then the rear fuselage construction can continue.
Reassembled fuselage rib 2. Replaced 2 of the 3.2x8mm (998) rivets in the lower section with 4.0x10mm (995) rivets since the holes were slightly elongated when the original rivets were removed - reamed the holes to 4.0mm to suit. They probably would have been acceptable, but I decided to err on the safe side and put in slightly bigger rivets.
