Another job underway today was building the two elevator control rods. I marked out the rivet hole positions on each and then alodined the ends. The whole thing is going to be coated in primer, inside and out, however I see no harm in a little extra corrosion protection where it's most likely to attack.
I drilled all the holes, then riveted one end of each control rod in place. Next I mixed up some acid etch primer and poured inside each tube and "swished it all around". This gave a nice thick coating to the inside of each control rod.
I'll leave them to dry properly before riveting the other end pieces in place.
Marking out the rivet holes
Alodining the control rod ends
All ready for rivetting the threaded end cap into place
