29, continues, many more rivets

Not many more rivets that I can do by myself. Have to start thinking about re positioning the fuselage for the lower and bottom rivets. A new first: riveted using the pinkie as a trigger finger...

29. More rivets, a bend...

Lots done tonight. Bended parts today, I was nervous about this but it proved to be really easy. Also did four rivets that Others have described as difficult. Used the angled rivet sets and protected the manufactured heads with clear tape just to be on the safe side, all went well.

29, a few rivets

Some more rivets driven, temporary longeron bolts attached again.

29, Oops rivets to the rescue

I did not keep parts together again and had to drill out some rivets for the cowling hinges. Some holes turned ugly so I solved it with oops rivets.

29, started riveting the fuselage side skins

Moving along fast, had some trouble understanding in what order the cowling hinge parts were to be layered. The manual miss the step to dimple the firewall flanges and I also found another build log were the parts were assembled in the wrong order so I asked on the forum before dimpling and then putting it together with clecos.

29, side skins are on again

Riveted the last stiffeners that go on before the skins get riveted, and one nutplate per skin. Next step is to final torque the upper drag fittings. Just need to do the inch/pound to metric conversion...

29, riveting pieces to the fuselage side skins

I did not push the pieces together first with the result that some rivets got pushed out of the holes and had to be drilled out. Later photos shows the necessary technique.

29, fuselage side skins, dimpling complete

A morning session, did the last dimples in the fuselage side skins. Next is priming and painting them, then I look forward to start assembling pieces again.

And the evening session: