The last two weeks have been hectic. We’re on the verge of closing on a house, so that means getting the wings to a point where everything, including the tank-to-wing attachments, are aligned and match-drilled in the current jig.

I don’t have any pictures of the Z-brackets in fabrication, so you’ll just have to imagine the process of drilling the brackets to the wing, then deburring, alodining, priming and riveting nutplates to them. Here’s a pic of the final product on one wing – the Z-brackets are bolted to one wing and ready to be drilled in assembly with a tank baffle.