Finished all of the stiffeners today. With my method fairly well established, I got through them in no time.

With that complete, I turned my attention to my next issue. I’m not very well setup for back riveting, so I decided, since I’d need to be back riveting very soon, I should solve that problem. I will post the solution in a separate post.

After finishing all the priming prep for the vertical stabilizer its time for the rudder.  I found all the appropriate parts for the rudder and laid them out.  Then I set about removing the blue protective coating with my soldering iron.  My wife helped me remove some of the protective coating but we had a bit of a whoops at the end, putting a very small crinkle in the rudder skin.  I was a little upset, but its barely noticeable.