Cowl camlocs
I verified the size of the wire cut out in the rudder bottom tip, enlarged it a bit, and then attached the tip to the rudder with pop rivets. The empennage tips are now all attached.
I moved on to the cowl camlocs. Milspec was very cool about swapping out the -3S studs that I got in the group buy a while back with shorter -1S studs. A+ on customer service. I figured out how to put the pin back into the adjustable camlocs along the bottom. I screwed back the camlocs a ways and then put the -1S studs into the cowl. They are a little tricky to put in. The collar on the stud tends to slip down into the craw of the tool. I got all of the bottom and top studs put in and the cowl re-attached. She looks very plane-like with all the various parts attached (minus the wings of course).
I re-adjusted all the studs flush with the cowl surface (or actually just slightly proud), removed the cowls, and pulled the pins from the camlocs. Done deal. I’m glad I went with the camlocs. The cowl is very easy to install/remove with these things.
I still had some time left in the evening, so I started working on the GPS antenna mount. I’m going to put it under one of the fiberglass forward hatches. I made a little shelf that I’ll attach to the hatch. Only got part way through the fabrication.
I’ve been putting in a lot of hours lately (for me). It feels like I’m in the homestretch and I’m sprinting for the finish line.