Time to Dimple and Rivet! This is the fun part of building, when you know you are putting something together for the final time. With the big priming session behind us, it was time to focus on dimpling and riveting the fuselage together. It’s exciting as the last time the fuselage was together was over 9 months ago right before we left for Oshkosh. Read on for the detail.

In an epic marathon day, and with the help from a ton of folks, I was able to get through priming of all the parts necessary for the final assembly. Read on for the details!

Yes, I know, it’s been pretty quiet from the blogging front. There’s a reason for that. Read on for a catch up post on all my excuses for the slow down, and what I’m going to do to get back on track!

Freshly back from some time in Utah, I continue the race towards completing Fuselage Drilling and Prep.

The second half of June has been a mix of Velocity and RV-8 progress. With a little help from Sam I was able to get through a big milestone…the fuselage is enclosed! Read on for more details.

In two epic sessions James and I successfully turned the fuselage into official canoe status! Read on for the fun (and challenging) sessions.

Aft Fuselage coming together with more part prep and priming. Almost time to assembly to attach the tailcone to the Fwd Fuselage!

It was time to start working on the tailcone and in a couple sessions we got pretty close for priming time. Read on for a quick update…

It was time to join Fwd and Mid Fuselage structures! James came down and helped me in an efficient session of assembly.