2009-04-09 (1 hour):
I completed the pitch and roll assembly nearly two years ago, but hadn't logged any pictures for it. Here you can see the forward bearing blocks and some of the controls installed. Today, I installed the map pockets, which I had made way back when, but not actually floxed in. One of them looks a little crooked, but it's just taller than it should be - it'll get trimmed down when I install the arm rest foam. I plan to make the arm rests in two pieces, one fixed top piece and one removable side piece (for inspection and maintenance of the control arms and tubes).
2009-05-25 (1.00 hours):
More tubes
The controls are an endless series of metal tubes. I prepared mine several years ago, but had removed them to keep them from being damaged, and also to lighten the fuselage the last time I moved it. Today I reinstalled them and verified that there was no play in the system. Works great!
2011-09-11 (2.50 hours):
Painting
This is nowhere near necessary, but I have four kids now and they all wanted some bling. I took a bit to paint the controls and tubes for the wing root. Moving surfaces are yellow, and fixed surfaces are red. It looks better than I expected, even though I didn't put much time into it. It's probably an ounce of paint, all told. I'll make up for it with lighter instruments.
2011-09-11 (4.25 hours):
Left Aileron
This took a lot longer than I expected mainly because I kept screwing it up. I wasn't getting my rivets flush enough (at one point I installed them upside-down) and having to drill them back out of the hinges/nut plates. But I got the left side done - tomorrow I'll do the right.