Wing rib prep -15

 It was a miracle but after working at my real job all day I managed to get the remaining wing ribs primed.

That was way too many parts to prep and prime all at the same time.  To say it sucked is an understatement.

To increase the difficulty, I was dodging rain showers as well!

The parts look all blotchy until the primer dries then it is a nice even color.

Wing rib prep -14

 Well that's another seven hours of my life I will never get back!  Scrubbing parts for primmer is my 2nd least favorite activity building an airplane.  

Got the rest of the ready to prime while dodging rain storms.  Hopefully I will get a chance to squirt primer on them tomorrow after I get home from work.

Wing rib prep-13

 Got 25% of the ribs primed today.  Only 75% more to go!  Some rain moving in this weekend so not sure if I will get em all done this week.

Wing Rib Prep -12

 Got the first of four batches of ribs scrubbed and ready for priming.  

Wing rib prep 11

Well hallelujah, ribs are deburred!!!

I can now scrub and prime them and get these things assembled!

Wing rib prep - 10

After getting over the shock of Van’s filing bankruptcy and dealing with winter depression.   I am now back to working on these wing ribs!

More deburring, edge prep and soon to be scrubbing and priming.

This is the hardest part of building!

Wing rib prep, wings part 9

Since it appears that I have no reason to hurry while I wait on my finish kit, I have been working on these wings a little at a time.

For days I have been doing a little processing of the wing ribs a little at a time.

I have fluted them all.

I have trimmed them all per the plans.

I have deburred the trimmed edges.

I have deburred all the lightening holes.

Sill have to deburr all the rivet and misc holes and then debur the flanges.

Finally they will all have to be scrubbed and primed.

Since there are 56 ribs in total, this is a ton of repetitive, brain numbing work that just has to get done.

I won't bore you with this process, I will just let you know when it is done!  Until then, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!