Hrs: 3

Correct rib 8 / skins misalignment

After consulting TAF the solution for the misalignment was up-sizing to 4.8 mm rivets.

I’m referring to this this misalignment: Match-drill RF skins
TAF confirmed that the tail-hook wasn’t exactly correct and therefore was pushing the left side of rib 8 more backwards.

A piece of wood was used to put rib 8 straight by pushing the right side a bit backwards as well:

Up-sizing to 4.9 mm:

On the skins the hole is elongated but acceptable according TAF:

By adding and removing the skins, and up-sizing the holes some scratches occurred at the skins, so I re-primed this parts:

With an airbrush gun I did some touch-ups at the skeleton: