32 - Baggage Area (completed AND painted interior); 33 - Rudder & Brake Systems (assembled brakes, rudders)

Finished the baggage area AND painted the interior of the fuselage - what a major step; extremely motivational.  Also started the rudder and brake section.  Specifically, the following were accomplished this week:

- deburred edges of baggage floors; drilled holes for lemo (Bose) plugs; updrilled two holes from 3/8” to 7/16” for mic jacks; dimpled both baggage floors
- riveted nutplates to baggage floors; installed and started riveting both baggage floors to fuselage substructure; clecoed most remaining nutplates to floor and substructure; finishing running rudder cables to forward center console
- finished riveting baggage floors; installed baggage floor splice; installed flap motor channel; installed flap motor brackets; broke edges of baggage side covers
- finished baggage area by riveting side panels; started scuffing interior (for paint); up-sized hole in forward overhang for brake lines pass-through between left/right sides
- finished scuffing with scotchbrite, 2 acetone wipe-downs, 1 SEM Prep wipe-down, 2 light coats of SEM gray primer, 3 top coats of Cardinal Paint light gunmetal gray GR10-4A05 semi-gloss  - interior has been painted!
- separated parts for brake pedal assembly, deburred, and clecoed brake pedal assemblies together; final-drilled #12 holes.  I decided not to paint the pedals - they look great as-is, and the paint will scuff off in the first few hours.
- Assembled brake pedals, bolted the pedals to the rudders, attached the brake cylinders, and clocked the AN fittings on the brake cylinders

Clecoed the baggage floors in place:

Finished riveting baggage floors:

Riveted seatback hinges:

Riveted area around access port for side steps:

Attached flap motor channel and baggage floor splice:

Attached baggage side covers:

Stuffed all tubes, wires, rudder cables, etc into the front console area, to get ready for painting the interior:

Masking and scuffing with scotchbrite:

Another view:

Aaaaand, voila - it's painted!  (FAA mugshot):

another view, without my ugly head:

I really like the way the paint came out - 7 hrs of prep and priming and painting were worth the trouble:

One more view:

Okay, two:

Final view, after removing masking material:

Moving on the brake pedals - separate, deburr:

Clecoed together, prior to final-drilling:

Assembled brake pedals:

Assembled brake and rudder pedals, ready to be installed in the fuselage: