11 March 2012: Flaps 11

Hours today: 2.8 Hours wings: 28.1 Hours total: 123.0
Rivets today: 0 Rivets wings: 582 Rivets total: 2661

Roughened the remaining rib pieces and the skin. Dimpled all the rib pieces and the skin. Degreased all parts and applied two coats of primer to one side the ribs, then one coat to the other side of the ribs and to the skin.

Also assembled the wing jigs. Discovered that I had two right root leading edge stands, instead of one left and one right. Will have to change that. I haven’t counted the rivets, as they aren’t in the plane.

Some of the parts making up the compound ribs during priming. Note that the portions that stick out of the flap are masked. They'll be primed when the flap is painted, and my primer might not be compatible with that primer.

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