Monday, March 21, 2011

The fun has begun in earnest - It looks like a tail!

After much deliberation over primer, Mark picked up the final items to get the project started.  We kicked the weekend off with a riveting evening on Friday watching a video on how to build an RV7 tail.  The weather was beautiful on Saturday, so Mark went flying bright and early then spent the rest of the weekend in the garage.  I put in a few clecos although I wasn't too much help beyond delivering food and beverages.  Well, the real work has begun and it's already beginning to look something like a tail!  This is deceiving as after everything is drilled, deburred, dimpled, shaped, polished, and fitted together with clecos, it will all have to come apart again to be primed before the first rivet can be squeezed.

Below are this week's pics.