I've been making progress over the last month or so on quite a few parts of the aft fuselage. The kit really comes together quickly at this stage, however I did have some challenges.
Backriveting worked well for the wings, and many other parts but when I started backriveting the floor of the tail, several of the rivets did not set well due to a bit of wobble that my table apparently developed over time. I switched to bucking the rivets and that went much better.
Rudder stops came out great, you just need to go slowly. Unfortunately the Horizontal stab attach angle I was not pleased with so I order another one. The amount of material that you remove on the edges is very small and it is easy to go overboard like I did and end up with too small an edge distance. This is a very important part, and replacing it is the right thing to do.
The bulkheads rivet together well, I used the c-frame to get perfect rivets.
I ended up having to use the flat seamer here to bend a bit more so that the overlap between the side skin and the aft bottom was tighter.
I have also been riveting the aft tailcone bulkheads. These are the most difficult I have come across so far because the angles are just tough to work with especially solo.
