Had a lot going on this week, so pretty much all that happened was inventorying the fuselage kit.
I did get to mock up the firewall just to get a feel for it, but didn't do any work on it.
The fuse kits seems to have more parts (and more rivets) than anything I've received so far. I spent about 14 hours total unpacking, inventorying, labeling and organizing all the parts.
One thing I did this time that has helped a lot - if there was a part that wasn't well identified (angle, bar and tube stock often fits in this category) I marked it as soon as I identified it. That's helped a lot as work progresses.
Here's the crate. It's amazing how much stuff Van's can cram in one of these things. Very little extra space.
As always, a very thorough and complete inventory is included.
Start unpacking the box and separating all the sub kits.
Control yoke and rudder pedal assemblies.
Seat backs, console and some misc sheet parts.
Box full of various parts - the large powder coated parts are the main gear attach brackets.
Main gear brackets out of the box.
Left and right rear skins and both bottom skins. One of the skins is shipped rolled.
Getting down toward the bottom of the crate.
Welded steps. I got one for each side.
Main gear legs were attached to the bottom of the crate.
This bag is nothing but hardware - rivets, bolts, washers, etc. Had to buy two more parts boxes to organize it all.
Misc angle stock. I labeled all of these to make finding it later a bit easier.
