Fuselage center section #80 - Forward upper fuselage part 2!

Continuing work on the top front firewall area.

First they have you rivet these hinge clips.  Only rivet the top hole in the nutplate. (Update:  This strip goes on the inside of the firewall, not on the outside!)

Then they have you rivet all these nutplates.

Then you match drill the hinges to the firewall strip.  The hinges must be spaced 1/16" from the strip.  Just clamp the poo out of it after aligning the mark that was placed on the hinge.

Then the rivet holes are countersunk for flush rivets.

So I screwed up and cut this longer hinge an inch short a couple days ago.  I must have been drunk!  So now I am waiting for some more hinge to be able to finish this part of the firewall.  I can keep going though!  I also realized it would be better to cut it so that the part remaining after the eyelet will be on the other end.  The KAI's don't provide any help here, they just leave it up to you to figure out which end to leave the tail on.

Riveted the short hinge section to the firewall.  Ordered another hinge.