27 November 2013

Wings: Bottom skins. Right outboard skin on.

The right outboard bottom skin is on the wing for good.  Both bottom skins on the right wing were riveted solo.  Generally, this wing went much faster than the left side as that previous experience (literally) carried over.  Instead of placing one rivet-at-time, I would tape in a rivet per rib then bang them in across the wing, moving down to the next row (columns would be ribs).  For the J-stiffener and spar flange, I went outboard-to-inboard 5-to-6 rivets at-a-time, each bolus taped in.  Made things much faster.

Below is when the aft half was complete.  The blanket in the background was for my poor, poor knees.


I had some consistent trouble along the 11th rib on the forward half.  The bucking bar slipped off the rivet at four consecutive locations, giving the skin a good bit of...character.  Otherwise, there are far fewer dents than on the left and only two Rivets of Shame were needed.  And no oil-canning as I was fastidious about the riveting order.  A different outcome than the left side.


This also marks the end of use of AN426AD3-3.5 rivets for the wings.  In fact, this marks the end of all bucked rivets for this kit, given where I'm at.  This bottle, back in April, was nearly full!

No comments:

Post a Comment