Rudder - priming, dimpling and riveting

The rudder progress is good😃
I made a template from a piece of wood to drill the
the leading edge at correct angle.

All parts ready for priming.

I had problem with my spray gun. It was sputtering, and
that led to bad covering on the skins. So I decided
to scuff them lightly and and apply a second coat. I also did some
fixup with a brush on the other parts.

Frame finished. Detail of the lower aft part.

Lower forward party with the tie-wrap clip.

A lot of dimpling using both the c-frame and preferably the
pneumatic squeezer when possible.

First R-00915 stiffeners back riveted in place.
When doing the training kit I twice missed the backing plate
and damaged the skin. So I come up with an idea
to use a laser to indicate the center of the plate.
So far no misses😊

Build time so far

Below is a snap shot of the build time so far. I'm using ATracker pro for time tracking.


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