Folks I'm at my wit's end on these. I've been working two hours on four rivets and I can't figure out how to set them.
The aft four rivets in the top spar on the rudder (R-903 tip rib) are what's got me beat right now.
My thin-nosed, no hole squeezer isn't even close to fitting. I have tried to use the end of a modified crow-bar as a bucking bar but it just vibrates and messes up the shop head. I've tried the back rivet plate and the same crow bar with my rivet gun and with a 5lb sledge.
None of these does anything but scratch all the primer off and cause me to drill out buggered up rivets.
Can anyone tell me what they did to set these in enough detail to get me past this step?
Nothing I've done so far in this kit has been this frustrating.
Greg
The aft four rivets in the top spar on the rudder (R-903 tip rib) are what's got me beat right now.
My thin-nosed, no hole squeezer isn't even close to fitting. I have tried to use the end of a modified crow-bar as a bucking bar but it just vibrates and messes up the shop head. I've tried the back rivet plate and the same crow bar with my rivet gun and with a 5lb sledge.
None of these does anything but scratch all the primer off and cause me to drill out buggered up rivets.
Can anyone tell me what they did to set these in enough detail to get me past this step?
Nothing I've done so far in this kit has been this frustrating.
Greg
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