in J-stiffener to slip into the cutouts on the W-1208 nose ribs.
After the W-1203B skin was in position, it was secured onto the left wing skeleton with Clecos.
The W-1202B center top skin is the last of the main top skins to be installed onto the left wing’s skeleton. The W-1202B skin overlaps the W-1201B and W-1203B inboard and outboard top skins, but is tucked under the aft edge of the W-1202 skin. Therefore, the forward row of rivets on this skin is the only portion that is overlapped and thus requiring primer. Zinc chromate primer was sprayed onto the skin outside and the skin was then brought inside to be flash dried using a heat gun. One nicety about using a self etching primer, such as PTI’s zinc chromate, it can be flash dried by carefully using a heat gun.
After flash drying the primer, the top center skin was set in position for removal of the blue protective film along the rivet lines. Ran out of free time so will finish up removing the blue film with a soldering iron and then Cleco the W-1202B skin onto the left wing skeleton tomorrow.
on the W-1202B center top skin could be dropped into the cutouts on the W-1208 nose ribs.
