Before working on the tips, I want to uninstall the whole empennage. I first tackle a problem I found after drilling the horizontal stabilizer to the fuselage. After taking the stab of the fuselage, the hole in the longeron looked somewhat ovalized. I decided to install an oversized bolt (on the right in the picture) instead of the standard bolt. To do this, I also needed the correct reamer which makes this the most expensive bolt in the plane.




Here the bolt in place.




Then the workshop gets rearranged and cleaned. ANd a closer look at the tips shows the vertical stabilizer tip being lower than the rudder tip.




A small amount of epoxy will take care of this, I'll make a smooth transition tomorrow. I also sand all the other tips and get them prepared for the finish filling.