I was a little worried about this next section as if I got this wrong, it would be very visible. The plans tell you to roll the edges over on the outer skin so that when riveted in place it sits snuggly against the Aft Bottom Skin.
The problem is there's a line of rivet holes along the edge of that skin exactly where they expect you to roll it. I ended up slowly bending the last inch or so manually as I'd already dimpled the holes which made the process a little more difficult.
This next image shows after I'd bent the edges a little. I bent them more than this so the edges were flush at the end. I then had to re-dimple the holes which caused a small problem as the curve in the skin was so tight, the dimple put a small circular bend in the skin.
(not shown here but you can see it in later images)
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