Inboard bottom skin riveted on

I have completed riveting of the inboard bottom skin. I am now attaching the outboard bottom skin. The outboard is a little harder to rivet on due to it's size. I will have my wife Gretta help me out with this task. I can get at most of the top rivets, it's the ones on the bottom that are hard to reach. You have to reach through the second lightening hole in the ribs to get the bottom rivets on the rear spar. I have bruises on my arm from reaching in. For some reason the riveting really like to bruise muscle. I don't know if the impacting is causing it or not. However, I have been hit harder riding dirt bikes and not gotten bruised. Oh well. Blood, sweet and tears!

Back in the saddle again!

I have started working on the project again. I have gotten the flap brace all aligned with the flap in trail with the wing. I pulled all the wiring through the wing and it is ready to start installing the bottom skins. I forget how much work it is to get the bottom skins on. Lot's of contorting into positions to buck rivets.