I’m now ready to drill the rivet holes into the wing skin, so I can then proceed with match drilling the skin to the ribs. The problem when I get to the match drilling, is that this long-range tank is so big, I cannot reach inside to get the ribs in alignment to drill. So […]
LH Fuel Tank Rivet Layout – Ribs
Today I’m ready to start working on figuring out the left hand fuel tank skin rivet pattern layouts. I began with the easiest point of the skin layout, which was the rivets for the inboard tank end rib. This was easy to establish where to begin and end, as well as all points in between. […]
Left wing assembly
Today I’m progressing with the assembly of the left wing. In my last post I provided lots of details about the wing assembly, and riveting of the internal structure. As my post today is just more of the same, so I’m going to keep this post short. As you can see in the picture below, […]
Left wing – rear spar drilling
Good day, just a quick update today to share that I’m drilling the rear spar of the left wing to the ribs. Pretty much just upsizing the holes from the #40 pilot holes to the #30 final size. That’s all for today folks! Please comment. I love to hear from my readers. Thanks again for coming […]