Empennage - Preparing the Vertical Stab for priming

Finally getting to the exciting parts - riveting something together. I've decided to use the water based Stewart Systems EkoEtch and EkoPrime products on my flying machine.

To apply these products, I purchased the Ozito 3 Piece Gravity Fed kit to be driven by the air compressor.

Also grabbed the 3M Half Face Respirator - really comfortable.

Vertical Stabilizer components ready to etch and prime...

One of the VS-410PP brackets suffered a scratch I wasn't happy with so I decided to sand, prime and paint it. I didn't get a photo of it prior, but this is post painting...