Constructed cradles, which can be used for the leading edges and the fuel tanks:
Lined contact edges with duct tape:
Spent lots of time straightening, fluting, final drilling, and deburring edges and holes of 7 ribs:
Fabricated 59 3/8" j-stiffener (from 6' stock) - drilled pilot hole ... then discovered that the figure in the instructions was for the right wing, and not the left (although it is marked for the left - an unreported, minor error in the plans). This seems to be a remnant of a related issue from few years back, in which Van's modified the instructions a bit. Not to worry; I saved this channel for the right wing and constructed another one side, with the pilot hole on the opposite end:
Removed, deburred and dimpled the left splice strip:
Temporary placement of ribs and j-stiffener in skin:
another view:
Match-drilled holes into j-stiffener:
Deburred edges and holes and dimpled skin:
another view:
deburred and dimpled j-stiffener:
Primed all 7 ribs (they were not alclad-coated):
Primed access hatch, access hatch doubler, lens backing plates, and light mounting bracket:
Primed area of skin that is part of the light bay, prior to final coat of black paint:
Painted light-well part of skin with Cardinal BK11-4A00 matte-black spray paint - I'm not a big fan of the nozzle, which squirts paint in a circle; next time I might try using an old SEM primer nozzle, which sprays in a fan pattern:
Primed and painted two ribs (part of light bay), light mounting bracket and backing plates:
Riveted nutplates on all parts shown:
Riveted access hatch doubler onto skin:
A view of the clecoed leading edge assembly, ready for riveting:
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