Friday, August 4, 2017

Tailcone

No photos or videos to post yet.  Over the past week, I've been sanding the parts, roughing up the surfaces, etching everything and priming.  I had meant to do the tailcone's bottom skin.. but instead I had done the top skin.  It has to get done too, though I was just looking to have the first skin ready for when I start assembly.

This weekend I'll start the assembly of whatever I can do, short of the skins.  The rear bulkhead looks like it'll take awhile with all those different types of rivets in it anyway.

So, nothing too interesting to see with the tailcone yet.  Maybe tomorrow I'll have something to show.

Here is a video of the tailcone ribs and rear bulkhead preparation  (nothing assembled yet):



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