Aft deck riveting

Now that I finally have some parts primed, I was able to start installing them. I started with the aft deck. I first re-confirmed that the fuselage is level in all directions. I clecoed on the aft deck and confirmed there was no twist. I was able to squeeze most of the rivets using all 3 yokes. There were half a dozen rivets in the corners that were either too close to the bunny ears or too far from a lightening hole. I just used the 3X gun on those. It might have been easier to just shoot most of them instead of monkeying with changing the yokes around. There are still two rivets that need to wait until the top skin is removed.

The aft deck really stiffens up the back half of the fuselage. It feels rock solid now.
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