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Started putting in the ribs
I didn't take many pictures of this process, mainly because I was covered in black goo (proseal) and didn't want to get any of it on my camera. I managed to put in 3 ribs, over a 3 day period, one each day. In this hot weather, the proseal sets up in 45 minutes, so I had to work fast on each one. The first rib was a real "ah-ha" experience of how not to do it. When I finished the first rib, there was proseal everywhere inside the tank on the skin. I really should have gotten a helper to buck the rivets. The first rivets on the top leading edge were almost impossible to rivet and buck by myself, the rest were pretty easy. On the other 2 ribs I got some typing paper and taped it inside the skin to prevent the proseal from getting on it. The rib in this picture is the second rib I put in. I ain't gonna show ya' the first one. When you pull off the painters tape, you get a nice straight line of proseal to impress your friends. They will think that you know what you're doing.
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