Plane Project

Father came over and helped me start riveting on the left HS skin

It’s getting there.

Riveted the main ribs to the front HS spar.  Sorry, forgot the picture.

Riveted the middle rib tip (HS-707) to the left skin.  It was very easy.  I set the rivet gun to so soft it wouldn’t drive the rivet and then opened the valve two turns.  Three would probably have been better, but I wasn’t in any hurry and didn’t want to chance denting the skin.

It’s a little hard to tell what this is, but it is the skin wrapped around the center rib tip.

That’s enough!  Going to bed.

Riveted on the rear spar reinforcement and brackets

Riveting the front spar together

To give an idea of how much work this is, it took me over 6 hours today.  I’m tired, I’m calling it quits!

Primed the insides of the skins.  Should cut down on any corrosion.  One of the few down sides of living near the ocean.

Washed, etched and alodined the HS skins