Left Elevator Devinyling

After dinner, I managed to get back out to the garage for some more work. Time to get organized for the left elevator. Due to the trim tab, etc., there are more parts to work on. Yay!

A really good easy night for me is to identify all the parts and take off all the blue vinyl.

 

None of these pictures include the devinyled ribs, spars, reinforcement places, etc. Honestly that was about 2/3 of the 90 minutes I spent working on it.

You only get pictures of the soldering iron devinlying.

My setup is a skinny piece of wood to be the straight-edge for the dull soldering iron. 

Even though I did the interior first, here’s a shot of the exterior.

It’s more work, but I like the results it gives.

Finally, a gratuitous shot of the interior devinyled.

After priming, I’ll pull the rest of the blue off.

1.5 more hours tonight, no additional rivets of course.

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