A long day in the workshop today, with some good things and some no so good. First I rivet the canopy jettison mechanism. Nothing difficult but a lot of clecoing and unclecoing.



Then I rivet the siderails to the forward frame. A few rivets had to be redone, but nothing to bother.



Here is how it looks with the frame partially open.



Installing the canopy skin, showed some problems. Among them, the skin is catching the forward fuselage skin when the canopy is opened. This is a known problem so I fabricated a shim, but despite being quite thick it seems no to be enough. Before working further on this problem, I'll check on the internet.



So I decided to work on other parts, I riveted the rudder and elevator stops.



I also finished the gas struts support by drilling the central hole to size and tapping it



And last, I finished the side latch by cutting, drilling and tapping the connecting rod.