Day 142

Today we went around the fuselage and filled in any rivet holes that had small pin-holes left in them from not getting fully filled the first time around.

After they were all done, we then went around and sanded them all smooth and checked again. (There are a couple thousand rivets, so it’s easy to miss some…)

Once they all looked good we then went around with 220 grit sandpaper, abrading all the panels and making sure to get rid of any body filler that had made it onto the panels as we were filling up the rivet heads. This also allowed an additional check over everything we had done so far.

Today we completed all this for the sides and top of the fuselage and started the underside. Tomorrow we’ll finish the bottom, and then go around the entirety of the fuselage with the red scuff pad to finish its prep for eventual paint.