Well, it’s been a few days since I was in the shop, but I got a lot done today in just 1.5 hours.

First up, I rolled the leading edges (all 6 of them) on the left elevator. Here’s the final product. Yikes, those bends are not perfect.

With #30 clecos holding it all together…

After some blind riveting, here’s the rolled leading edge.

After 1 hour and 22 blind rivets, I pulled out the rod ends and bolts/nuts to connect the elevators to the horizontal stabilizer. Then, I remembered that I never finished the center hinge bearing and bracket.

Let’s get that sucker prepped and primed!

With a few minutes left before bedtime, I grabbed the horizontal stabilizer off the wall and started messing with rod end bearing installation to tackle skin trimming. I half-mounted the left elevator so I could mark the HS skin for trimming.

I still have quite the list to finish the empennage.

• Trim HS skins to allow elevator counterbalance clearance.
• Finish center bearing bracket and bolt to HS
• Emp fiberglass tips

But the wing kit is on the way.

1.5 hours, 22 rivets.