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Finished putting in all the clecos

Then I put the skin back into the cradle and put in the rest of the clecos on the side that only had the first hole already clecoed. I started at the front and worked my way back. I'm not sure that I would recommend this method to other builders, but it seemed to work for me. One thing though, I noticed that the ribs fit so tightly against the skin, that they actually push small dents into the exterior of the skin. Oh well, that's what paint is for. UPDATE 8/82005: Turns out the dents aren't really dents. Now that I'm working on the left fuel tank, I noticed after dimpling everything and riveting the ribs in place, I don't see the dents in the skin anymore, where the ribs push on the interior of the skin. Dimpling must relax the fit a bit.

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