Time to remove dodgy rivets in the Horizontal Stab.
The following images show the horizontal stabiliser skins mostly riveted to the spars and ribs. As help was a little scarce, I decided that as I could reach both sides at the same time if I stood above the HS when sitting in the stands, I'd give it a go with the bucking bar and rivet gun.
Most looked pretty good, but when the shop end of the rivet was analysed a little closer, they weren't very acceptable. As a result, I went through and inspected the shop head on the inside of the skins on all four sides and marked the rivets I needed to drill out and re-do.
Sorry - not a very exciting post, but it shows how many I had to drill out and re-do. Maybe I should've tried a bit harder to bribe a friend to come and help...
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