Alright - so Skydiving Nationals came and went, and Bethany started teaching. i've been consistently working on the plane, but bethany takes the camera and the computer to school every day, so I haven't been able to update regularly. when you last saw our heroes, they were deburring and dimpling and countersinking. Since then, we finished deburring, cleaned and alodined, and primed and clecoed the whole tailcone back together. et voila! time to rivet!!

I've been back-riveting as much as possible. it takes a little setup, but the results are excellent.