1. After much thought and experimentation, I figured out a way to attach four nutplates that will hold the forward end of the upper empennage fairing in place. I'd already ruled out rivnuts because they would cause the fairing to not lay flat on the fuselage skin. I've wanted to use ClickBond nutplates on the inside of the fuselage skin, but the area is almost inaccessible to human arms. Today, I realized that I could grab the rubber stem of the ClickBond plates with a 3-foot pickup tool, feed the tool through a narrow gap in the aft fuselage bulkhead, push the stem through the screw hole, and have a friend pull the adhesive side of the nutplate into position. With the help of my friend Jim, we did exactly that, and it worked great.

2. Opened up and tapped the two fuselage holes for the front end of the lower fairing.

3. Opened up and deburred all the remaining attach holes for the fairings.

4. Sanded off the various blobs of resin that managed to land on the tail and aft fuselage skins during the construction of the empennage fairings.

4. Sanded off spots of primer from the lower empennage fairings and filled some divots with filler.