Came home and countersunk, dimpled, deburred, etc, etc, etc.  Here are the aft and lower fuselage skins ready to go.  Damn now I just remembered that I didn't debur the edges.

The plans don't *say* to cut four of the eight but that's how many you need, two R and two L.  You *REALLY* should get a pair of nippers.  Cutting the excess off right to the line took only 1 minute per piece.

Here are a few of the parts after priming.

Control rods completed.  These are very simple to drill with a tube holder and drill press.  You have to sand away some of the primer from the insides of the tubes to get the ends to sit without a ton of force.

I decided to go with brakes on both sides.  It really doesn't cost much more and the resale value will be better.  I will probably cover these with a non-skit product.  Drilling the holes through the cylinder base and into the pedal angle is a bitch.  I ended up taping 4 washers together to use as a shim as I drilled.  This really helps to have two people to do it accurately.   Just try to make sure the pedals are similarly aligned when you drill the holes and all will be right with the world.   I also had to cut the torque tubes to size as they were too long.  Drilling the multiple positions for the pedals is a cinch.  Don't bother doing this while on the plane.  Take the angles off the skins and mount to the torque tubes and just measure.  Dan C. had this well documented on his site.

Here, you pre-rivet the spar end brace to the skins Prior to riveting on the skins.  There is no room to do this afterwards.  Don't forget!  You will also notice that I sprayed rattle-can primer on all interior surfaces of the skins where there are rivet holes.  Doesn't add much weight.  I can see all the other skin surfaces on the inside of the airplane so there is no need to primer all interior surfaces.

Here are some shots of the firewall braces.  You should spend some time to get them to fit nice and flush.  Also there has been some question lately as to the *split* in the white corner braces attaching to the firewall.  That's supposed to be there.  When drilling these for the first time use the technique in the instructions and place a rivet in the holes to line everything up.

Detail of the forward wing attachment point from the inside.  Remember to mark all of the shims on this part top/bottom, inside/outside and order of the parts.  Since you only have to coat them Barely with primer you will be able to see your markings after priming.  If you don't get these right your rivets will not sit or pass through the holes properly.  Also the plans have a very complicated process to get these aligned.  It's really very simple and the instructions are overly complicated.

Here I noticed that the bushing holes didn't line up exactly.  I recommend enlarging these holes after you get the skins on and not piece by piece.

Baggage compartment bracing.  Nothing to it.

This is a shot of the bottom of the firewall.  Notice that you dimple the firewall and countersink the angle behind it.  You will be placing the lower cowl hinge on the firewall portion which you will countersink.

Barry came over about a two weeks ago to help me start final riveting of the side skins and rest of the fuselage.  We made pretty good progress.  There are plenty of rivets to put in.  I've ordered the finish kit but it won't ship until March 22nd so I have *plenty* of time to get this done.  I'm now in slo-mo mode.

Today I started to get my financing inline for the rest of the airplane; engine, avionics, prop, etc.  Here's a costing of those items.  OUCH!!!!  I haven't placed my backup instruments here but they will include Turn/Bank&Slip/Skid, Altimeter, and Airspeed.  I want to make it similar to the Cirrus panel.  Very logical layout.