Well, I’m getting to the point where I was expecting that I would be putting in my fuselage order, however I’m not quite as far along as I wanted to be. Granted, working on the wings is a slog and at points I really need a second set of hands. I was spending a number of weekends working on my IR this year, and spending time with the family. Overall it’s been pretty busy, but I’ve accomplished a lot outside of my -10 build.
So looking at what I still need to get done, and the calendar, I realized I’m running out of opportunities to prime parts. Amazingly there was a forecast day of 60+ degree weather with average humidity. Decided I needed to just knock out a few things including priming.
I revisited the rivets on the outer leading edge that my EAA tech counselor pointed out and marked which ones needed to be drilled out or just get another hit with the rivet gun. Then with the help of the wife moved the wing so I could get access to the skin followed by fixing all the “problem” rivets on the OLE.
Prep for the skin was pretty easy. Verified that all the holes were deburred, edges were deburred and used my orbital sander to give a slight scarf on the skin edge per the plans. (I was not super aggressive so I’m sure the joint will be visible. Honestly don’t think it’s a big deal). Then using a ScotchBright pad and the orbital sander, I lightly scuffed the whole skin.
Next I prep all the landing light parts. Mask off the front of the light housing to be more reflective? Not sure it’s helpful, but I like the way it looks I guess. (Sorry didn’t film the priming, but it’s just a wipedown with acetone followed by AKZO spray primer outside).