Since I am out of parts, I decided to go ahead and fit/attach the fiberglass fairings/tips to the empennage parts. - 2 man hours.
The rudder fairing has extra material that has to be cut off to allow it to nest into the end rib/skin properly.
Match drilled & cleco'ed as I went and eventually riveted the fairing on. One side done.
Fitting the vertical stabilizer fairing the same way. This one is open in the back and has to be trimmed up for a nice fit.
Match drilled with the end rib/skin.
Trim even with the aft edge of the skin per the plans.
Next the stabilator fairings get trimmed. These need to be trimmed a little more than the other two did.
Notches have to be cut out for the spars and the existing rivets holding the end rib in place.
Match drilled to the stabilator ribs and skins.
Now I am officially waiting on more parts!
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