2.5 hrs working on the vertical stabilizer.

Figuring out how the VOR antenna will fit in the top rib of the VS.  Note the thick mounting plate which I made.

The antennas will go through the widened gaps in the flanges.

Side view

Here I've widened the gaps for the antennas.  I'll need to drill into the VOR Balun somewhat in order for the shortened rivet to be inserted.

Top view

Nice rivets!

The rivets at the bottom of the VS mounting channel.  These 4 (2 each side) go all the way through as opposed to the other 14 added before (some of which you can see here).

3.5 hrs working on the vertical stabilizer.

Got my new angle drill attachment kit yesterday!  Very exciting! :-)  Got it for about $70 on Amazon.

The rudder strobe light wire will go through here.  Turns out it's not easy to put grommet edging in!

Smaller grommets installed in the VS.  Note that the bottom-most one is in the center not near the mounting channel like shown in the instructions.  Peter Calley's blog indicates that that is how it's done at the factory (because that's where the connections are under the VS) and that the instructions are wrong.  All the holes are drilled out to 3/8".

Some of the holes will not be riveted at this point, so I've marked those with a tic mark.  8 holes in this photo.

4 holes in this photo are tic marked because I should not rivet them now.

A couple here on each side that won't be riveted at this time (even after the skin is on).

Test fit of the VS skin.  It fits!

Another view of the test fit.  The top rib needs to be worked on to install the VOR antenna.  A bit of fab work will be required.

Thinking about how to go about the radio cabling and decided that I can easily do my own cable assemblies (hey, I am an electrical engineer after all...;-)).

I'll use the recommended certified RG-400 coax.  Now I need to figure out how much I'll need for the whole plane - it's pretty expensive stuff, so I don't want to buy more than I need.

I found this video that shows how to put a BNC connector on the cable (so easy! :-)):

1.5 hrs. test fit of the VS and installing rivnuts,

Had to ream out the holes a bit so the rivnuts fit.

Ready for the pull!  Note that the tool part that screws into the rivnut should stick out of it a bit.

After the pull, a nice mushroom.

This is the tool required.

One of the holes on each side is not properly sized on my parts (yours may be fine!), so I'll need to drill that out to size before I can fit the 7th rivnut on both sides.

3 hrs. priming VS & rudder parts and then fitting together rudder parts. Found that the holes of rudder Hinge Bracket 3 did not line up with the holes of the rudder Mounting Channel.

Uh oh, the holes don't line up... 

Back side view.

The mounting channel holes are about 30mm center to center.  The hinge is less (not measured).

1 hr cleaning VS & rudder parts.

1.5 hrs prepping parts (deburring edges) for rudder and VS and also putting edging on HS hole for trim wire.  It actually was fairly tricky putting that edging in...