I am ready to fit and drill the aft deck spacers. I bought some 3M poster hanger tabs to help secure the spacers. I then slipped and celco'd the aft deck onto the fuse. This would allow me to draw circles in the holes of the aft deck and ensure everything looks good before I drill.
Once happy with the fit, and yes it took a little time to make sure the pieces were sitting proper, I finally committed to drilling. At this point I wanted to get working on the F-824B coverplate area before I got the aft deck on. much easier to at least dimple for the #6 screws now rather than later.
I am now ready to debur and prime all of the aft deck parts.
While waiting for the primer to dry, I decided to move over the the F-721B side rails. I need to make a slot in the rail to accommodate the F-757-S gusset plate. First I marked out the lines for the slot, clamped an oak guide block and used the cutting wheel on the dremel to allow a rough cut.
After rough cuts where made, a little time was spent cleaning up the cuts with a file and then a buff with 3M on the dremel.
After some primer dry time on the nut plates, I riveted the nutplates to the side skins.
And some closeups of the Aft deck spacers. As you can see the two holes on the longeron adjacent the F-711 spacer are awfully close to minimum edge distance which raised my eyebrows, but there is excellent edge distances on the F-711D angle mounted under it.
