Finished right elevator

Last night I finished the last four rivets on the inboard rib at the trailing edge, finished rolling the leading edges and blind riveted everything together.  

 
Here you can see the pre-bent leading edges vs the completed leading edges. The trick here to get enough of a bend that the rivets aren’t strained holding the two halves together.  

 Here you can see another view of the leading edge before/after.  

 This view shows the rivets and the two mating surfaces of the leading edge. 

I also put the berrings in and measured them to 13/16ths per the plans. Now on to the left elevator and trim tab

Finished right elevator

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