This is a culmination of 3 days of work of 8 hrs each day. in the last post, I joined and clecoed the fuselage halves together. This week I commented and riveted them together. I also started assembling the firewall. After the assembly of the firewall was completed I disassembled the parts and primed the aluminum parts with Eastwood 1:1 grey primer and then finally assembled the firewall in preparation for mounting to the aircraft. Once clecoed in place on the front of the aircraft, I began to work on the front stiffeners as seen in the images. I made a mistake and messed up on 2 of the L stiffeners that go on the front skin. I had to order 2 replacements. they should be here by the end of the week and will be installed once received. The next task will be to complete the installation of the gear channel stiffeners and then prep and paint the steel gear mounts. This will be next week. The plan is to have it on its wheels in 1-2 weeks. I also drill out the cabin frame for attachment to the fuselage and clecoed into place.