Finishing, Miscellanea (Part 4)

I had to prepare and prime some parts for Part 1 of the Canopy and Window, so I deceived to prepare a few of the cabin area cover plates.  The parts didn’t take much time to prepare and were finished quickly.

Here is the F-01440-L Seat Ramp.....

.....the F-01440-R Seat Ramp.....

.....and both of the Seat Ramps after being treated with Alumiprep, Alodine and Akzo Primer.

This is the F-01436-R Control Column Cover.....

.....F-01436-L Control Column Cover.....

.....and both Control Column Covers after being treated with Alumiprep, Alodine and Akzo Primer.

Just a little personal motivation.....here are the Control Column Covers and Seat Ramps sitting in place in the cockpit.

Lastly, these parts actually should have been included in the Canopy and Window section, but it’s only a couple parts and they were completed very quickly.....so, I included it in this post.  These parts have been treated with Alumiprep, Alodine and Akzo Primer.

C-01413 Inboard Hinge Intercoastal (top two on the left)

C-01414 Outboard Hinge Intercoastal (top two on the right)

C-01429 Latch Bellcrank Angles (four in a row)

F-01474A-L & -R Stiffener Angles (bottom two)

Lastly for this session, I painted the Latch Bellcrank Angles and Stiffener Angles the same grey color as the remainder of the interior.

Finishing, Miscellanea (Part 3)

I was just kinda messing around at the start of the session trying to find some motivation.  So, I decided to rivet together the F-01452 Aft Tunnel Cover and the F-01452A Aft Tunnel Cover Doubler.  I previously primed and painted the two parts, so they were ready to be riveted together and required no additional prep work.  There are eight AN470AD3-3 rivets that hold the pieces together.

Here’s the top.....

.....and the the bottom.

Finishing, Miscellanea (Part 2)

In order to keep forward momentum while waiting for the Finishing Kit, I ordered the F-00018-L & -R Steps from Van’s.  I originally thought I would not need the Steps because I’m building a taildragger.  However, I saw an RV-14 at Sun-N-Fun in 2019 and realized the steps were definitely necessary.

Additionally, when we visited the Van’s factory in September 2019, it was evident the step was needed when I got my RV-14 ride.

Initially, I was going to wait a little to complete the steps because I’m not 100% sure they won’t be in the way during the Wing installation.  However, Mother Nature forced my hand.  After a month or so, I noticed a tiny little bit of corrosion starting to form on the Steps.  I removed the corrosion and primed the steps.  Take that corrosion!  Here are a couple pictures of the primed Steps.

Now that the Steps are primed, I can’t just let them sit around and wait.  So, I decided to install them on the airplane.  Here’s the Step for the right side.....

.....and the left side.

Done.  The Steps are happily installed on the airplane and ready for work.

Finishing, Miscellanea (Part 1)