Paint prep continues:

1. The fuselage has been primed, and the elevators and rudder have received their base coat of paint.

2. My painter continues to perfect my windshield fairing. It's looking great.

3. Once my painter had hung the elevators on the airplane, he realized he wasn't as happy with the counterweight gaps as he'd like, so he called me over to discuss them. He pointed out some inconsistencies in the gap widths, and I concurred. It occurred to me that I had never actually hung the surfaces back on the airplane after I'd filled the elevator caps, so I'd just missed it. That's what I get for rushing. More alarmingly, I decided I didn't like how the outboard ends pf the elevators and HS lined up. When I built everything, I'd made measurements to get the alignment correct, but they clearly weren't quite right. I put together a mobile "fiberglass surgery kit" and got to work. I scuffed the HS caps, then mixed up a batch of thick flox/micro/cabosil and spread it on the caps. Then I spent some time tapping it firmly in place as it cured, attempting to remove as many voids as possible. Since time is of the essence here, I added way more than I knew I'd need, because I didn't want to go back and add more tomorrow. As it is, this looks like it could be a three or four day project, minimum.