Whoa, today was a fun day in the shop. After yesterdays matchdrilling of the elevator tips to the elevators, I decided to keep pressing ahead…

Tonight, a quick night in the shop just to start knocking off last items off the empennage checklist. I wasn’t happy with the trailing edge…

Another great night in the shop tonight. First thing’s first, let’s get the inboard rib riveted to the spar. Then, 4 more rivets, this time…

I didn’t take a lot of pictures today, but I did manage to bang out a few rivets. With the stiffeners prepped, it was time…

After a long week of travel, I managed to sneak in the shop tonight just before bedtime. First up, finish prepping the reinforcement plate. I’m…

Today, a short hour in the shop matchdriling the left elevator stiffeners to the left elevator skin. The rest of that process is boring, but…

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…

Well, today I was able to knock out the right elevator skin riveting. I ended up bucking 99% of these, with the last few on…

Over lunch today I got a few more things done on the right elevator stiffeners. As they sit now, I have top and bottom right…