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Old 07-29-2012, 05:59 AM
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Default Does anyone else get as excited as me at a freshly dimpled skin?
Does anyone else get as excited as me at a freshly dimpled skin?

I think it's because it means that riveting is not far away.

Still chugging away at this right flap...

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Old 07-29-2012, 08:18 AM
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Nicely done, keep punching them out!
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Old 07-30-2012, 05:27 AM
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It's a lot less shiny with all my fingerprints all over it.

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Forward progress is always exciting! I am just behind you on my 9, countersinking the flap spar.
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And the followup shot from last night.



Now I have to decide whether to finish the lower skin on the right wing, or move on to the left wing.
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