Today I spent most of the day riveting the skin on with a few breaks here and there. Everything went pretty smoothly. In the photos, you can see the tricks I use to stop scuffs and scratches. Before clecoing the skin on, I put double or triple blue painters tape on the spar with little pull tabs for easy removal later. This works great for me and protects the spar, plus the added benefit of friction for the bucking bar and its much easier to see the shop head of the rivet without being blinded by a flashlight reflection. Also , when shooting a rivet I put some blue painters tape over the manufactured head to keep the rivet secure, keep the rivet gun from wondering and scuffing the skin. This works fantastic and is light years easier than applying tape to the mushroom head. Cleaner too. Vertical stabilizer finished!!!! A picture of the vertical and horizontal together…. Hmm I think I may be building a plane….