Build log date: Wednesday, March 31, 2004

• Received the aeroshell #5 grease I ordered from some web supplier, I needed it for the wheel bearings but this will be enough for twenty planes.

  

• I feel like I'm in a bugs bunny cartoon - using my 55 lbs anvil to bend my top/aft slider rail.

  

• Drilling pilot holes in the slider spacer for the various rivets and screws. For the screws I intentionally did not drill all the way through the spacer, cause it looks to me that the screw positions might change slightly from plans.

  

• I was worried about making sure that the slider spacer was centered exactly below the slider rail when drilling, but then I thought of using the 'doghouse sealer piece' (forget the part number) as a jig. It worked great, just slid it along the rail as I match drilled #40 holes.

  

• Close-up on the rail.

  

• Another close-up.

  

• A bit of countersinking - Countersunk the spacer, rail and an old firewall stiffener.