This evening, I started with removing the plastic film from the rudder in the areas where the stiffeners will be riveted.  The reason for this is because I only want to add primer where I have mating surfaces. The remainder of the rudder skin will be protected by the blue film until the final assembly. […]

This evening I moved on to the rudder and started with cutting out the rudder stiffeners.  The stiffeners are cut from several pieces of bent aluminum angle. The plans are pretty easy to understand with here to mark the layout and where to do the cutting. In the picture below, you can see the layout […]