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Ok with a clear head this morning I sorted out the rear wings. For sure they can't be installed as I built them with the support blocks already in place, but it is easy to get them into position and then slide the blocks in afterward. I can't have the support pattern exactly like I started out, but the wings will end up with more than adequate support. I'm building the forward wings now and will start coating all of the panels with CPES. I also drilled all of the holes to attach the panels to ribs so that they can also get coated with the CPES. Next is coating the ribs with the same material with a couple of coats and then I actually start painting the bilge. I have a ways to go yet, however I can now see an end to this part of the project.

The match up of the pattern came really close, but isn't absolutely perfect, just really good. There are also slightly larger gaps than I would have liked to have seen on the outboard edges of the wings, but they are within the range that I can fill or trim. Having re-sorted this out I am happy that I did the wings as panels. I think I could have gotten it done using individual boards, but that wouldn't be a perfect solution either.