For Chapter 29 you will need….
3/8th bolts and nuts to attach the floor assembly to the wooden jig 5/32 (10x black cleco) for the #20 drilled holes in the lower drag fittings #20 drill (see above) Spare AN365 Nylocs if…
fuselage
Fwd Fuselage Structure 28-04
The Muffler Sides are riveted to the floor panels after adding some gloup (Proseal) to keep oil sludge out of the cockpit. I back riveted the sides on which was successful but messy. Next the…
Fuselage 26-21 to 26-22
This hasn’t been my favourite part of the build but it’s finished. Riveting the baggage ribs to the bulkhead presented an issue where I couldn’t get the gun on the baggage rib side due to…
Fuselage 26-14 to 26-20
Fuselage bottom skin mounted vertically to assist with riveting the bottom skin. Just had to wait for assistant riveter to come off night shifts. There are a couple of rivets which are virtually obscured by…
Fuselage 26-08 to 26-11
Tonight I added the F-01405 bulkhead to the Inboard Seat Ribs. Once this is done a bulkhead angle is match drilled and then riveted to the bulkhead. Although it shows where not to rivet this…
Fuselage 26-02 to 26-07
A goodly amount of construction now and the section is looking like a bit of an aeroplane. Lots of stiffeners, routing angles, nutplates and brackets for the seat belts to be riveted to the seat…
Fuselage 25-02 priming
Fitted the nut plates to Aft & Forward Centre Section Bulkheads. Prepped and primed all the parts for the Forward Mid Fuselage Bulkheads. An all day job.. As you can see, space is getting a…