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.  

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