Auburntsts
Well Known Member
Folks,
My tail kit arrived today! Inventory is complete (except for the hardware) and everything is here with no back orders. I was surprised at the amount of duct tape holding the skins in-check. Good thnig I had already decided to strip the all the blue plastic off as I bulid (vs. the soldering iron route) as good portions of the blue came off with the tape.
I also had a number of ribs (at least 7 by memory) that had no plastic on them at all, had fluted flanges, and were pretty well scratched up (as if someone had taken a Scotchbrite pad to them already). However, the holes were the same size as my plastic encased ribs and they otherwise looked OK--just cosmetically ugly compared to the shiny ribs. Is that normal to have parts in that condition? I'm planning to prime my interior, but if I wasn't, I would have had to prime these ribs. Anyone else received parts like this?
Anyway, looking forward to pounding rivets!
Todd
40631
My tail kit arrived today! Inventory is complete (except for the hardware) and everything is here with no back orders. I was surprised at the amount of duct tape holding the skins in-check. Good thnig I had already decided to strip the all the blue plastic off as I bulid (vs. the soldering iron route) as good portions of the blue came off with the tape.
I also had a number of ribs (at least 7 by memory) that had no plastic on them at all, had fluted flanges, and were pretty well scratched up (as if someone had taken a Scotchbrite pad to them already). However, the holes were the same size as my plastic encased ribs and they otherwise looked OK--just cosmetically ugly compared to the shiny ribs. Is that normal to have parts in that condition? I'm planning to prime my interior, but if I wasn't, I would have had to prime these ribs. Anyone else received parts like this?
Anyway, looking forward to pounding rivets!
Todd
40631
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