Right top side skin

Access is limited with the left skin in place (fuse rolled on the right side here)

Tonight I back riveted the right top side skin, just the bottom row. Access was harder than with the other skin, but I had success climbing onto my work bench and crawling inside to rivet. This was a “first”; I climbed inside my plane for the first time! My back rivet plate is about the same thickness as the rubber floor mats from Harbor Freight, so I was able to fully support the skin while crawling inside.

The finished result was great; nice tight skin, no oil-canning and good shop heads all the way down the line.

With the fuselage on it’s right side, and well supported, I crawled in here and back riveted the skin to the longeron. It was slow going as I had to relocate the back rivet plate, insert rivets, rotate the fuse, crawl in, back-rivet, crawl out, rotate the fuse upright and repeat about 5 times.