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Finally got the front skins on!

About the time I was ready to close up shop, I thought "There must be a way for one guy do this!". I remembered the duct tape episode on the tank skins. So put 3 strips of duct tape on the front skin and the back skin. Then I started pealing the tape off the back skin one piece at a time and re-attaching the tape after pulling the forward skin down a little a time. Eventually the forward skin was laying down flat on the spar, held in place by the 3 pieces of tape. Now all I had to do was add a little extra pressure in the middle of the front spar to get the first cleco in the middle of the spar. Then it was just a matter of working my way out to each end. Phew!

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