[DanEC]

If you have been watching this forum you probably have seen my build log for #782 which I'm assembling. There are lessons learned in there somewhere as well as a few personal foul-ups.

Don't worry about the bonding. The way they trial assemble the frame and body now makes it pretty hard to mess up. Everything will stay in alignment. It's just a matter of aligning the original clips and attachment holes and putting the assembly fasteners back in after applying the adhesive between the surfaces.

I would recommend getting an inexpensive air powered riveter from Harbor Freight. Probably keep you from developing carpo-tunnel injuries. Figure up how many rivets you guess you need and then multiply that by about 1.5.

If you can justify the cost, go ahead and get an inexpensive right angle drill for close quarters from Harbor Freight. There are a dozen or so rivet locations that are a little difficult to get to without one.

Bookmark McMasters on your computer. They have tons of stuff you will need and they ship fast.

Those Box of Rags at SAMs are handy. I've probably gone through a dozen of those for HD paper towels.

Are you planning to do the body work and paint yourself or have a shop do it? That's another whole volume of tips.