When is the best time to rivet the upper fuse-rivets (beneath the panel) on a -7?

[ao.frog]

Hi folks.

We've just starting wiring and panel-work, and it looks to me that now is the time to set the rivets along the upper longeron, just underneath the panel.
It'd be nice to set these before the wiring get's too far along.

Or is is something I'm missing? Schould we delay those rivets even further?

It's NOT the rivets on the forward upper skin I'm talking about, just those 14 (?) rivets starting at pair of clecos and aftwards. (approx in the middle of the pic)
They'll rivet the upper edge of the skin to the longeron.

Ofcourse I schould've remembered when we riveted these during the build of my first -7, but this teflon-mind of mine can't remember that detail...

 

[AltonD]

Go ahead. But do wait till just before flight for the forward skin.

 

[ao.frog]

I Alton. Thanks for chiming in.

We set the metioned rivets today, and I discovered why the QB-fuse didn't have those rivets set from the factory: they are used if you are building a slider...

It was somewhat hard to reach then all now, but we managed after a while.
I sure wish we'd riveted those MUCH earlier....