Fuselage underway and aileron mounting

Just some of the fuselage kit contents. What a vast quantity of bits & pieces!

Just some of the fuselage kit contents. What a vast quantity of bits & pieces!

Just some of the fuselage kit contents. What a vast quantity of bits & pieces!

Just some of the fuselage kit contents. What a vast quantity of bits & pieces!

Oh, yeah – and some more skins, too!

Right aileron mounted to wing.

First pieces of the mid-fuselage going together.

Priming time! Good thing I checked ahead for the overall fuselage diagram, as some of these parts won’t be primed. Instead, they’ll eventually receive the interior’s finish color paint.

Primer shot.

Doublers and side channels riveted to bulkhead bottom channel.

Wings, skins, aileron component installation

Right wing aileron torque tube-to-bellcrank pushrod components primed.

Right wing aileron pushrods complete.

Right wing aileron bellcrank installed.

Right wing aileron torque tube fabricated and installed.

Right wing aileron torque tube-to-bellcrank pushrod adjusted and installed to aileron bellcrank.

Right wing aileron torque tube-to-bellcrank pushrod adjusted and installed to aileron torque tube.

Right wing aileron torque tube and pushrod connection closeup.

Right wing inboard bottom skin clecoed to wing. Root rib nutplate holes and access plate screw holes drilled.

Aileron trim servo components underway.

Wings, rear spar, skins continued…

Right wing rear spar clecoed in place for match drilling.

Right wing rear spar components being primed.

Right wing rear spar riveting underway.

Right wing rear spar riveting complete.

Right wing inboard top skins and wingwalk doublers clecoed in place.

Right wing inboard top skins and wingwalk doublers clecoed in place.