Because if the way the instructions have you build the upper forward fuse, I primed earlier in the process than I normally do. This is because in order to put everything together to finish match drilling, you need to rivet some nutplates in place.
So, with everything nicely primed, I started by riveting on the aforementioned nutplates. I then re-clecoed together the basic under structure of the assembly, and clecoed it into the plane. Next, the instrument panel was screwed in place. I’m going to be installing a custom carbon fiber instrument panel further down the road once avionics have been decided, but I’m planning on building it to stock specs, and I should be able to customize as needed later.
Next, the top skin was clecoed in place, along with the hand grip doublers. Then everything was match drilled.
Finally, I match drilled some reinforcing angle pieces that support the top of the instrument panel. As they don’t have any prepunched holes in them, I just held them firmly in place behind the panel an did my best not to drill into my fingers!
