Fabricated the step attach angles and riveted the nutplates. Found a minor error here on Page 21-17, Figure 3. My plans call for a MK1000-4 nutplate. Beleive it should be a MK1000-428 nutplate. Did a lot of match drilling here. Primed the non-alclad parts and primed the step. Fitted the right and left steps and then removed them. Could not quite make the step pad horizontal without violating the note which says keep the top corner of the step; "corner even or below the beginning of radius" (Figure 5, Page 21-17). But it is real close to horizontal. Riveted the bulkhead to all of the components. Pay attention to the plans, there are a couple of holes that do not get rivets (had to drill out one of them). Looking forward, once I bolt on the steps, it will be hard to rotate the fuselage on the workbench. There are also a couple of nutplates on the step floors that are going to be hard to insert. Got some ideas. More tomorrow. One more day for Section 21!! PRO Bowl on Sunday. The dreaded Section 22 is next.
UPDATE: When installing the bushings per Figure 5 on Page 21-18, do not install the SB750-10 bushing next to the SB437-4 bushings. It will have to be removed to intall the wiring in the finishing kit.
Time - 6 hours
