There's just no way around it, getting ribs ready for the wing assembly just takes time. There was a service bullition from Van's Aircraft in 2010 about cracks in the rib stiffeners, but my ribs where all fine. Just in case you have an older kit here is a link to the bulletin Service Bulletin 10-04-28
Step 2: Select 13 of the 14 W-1208-L Nose Ribs and trim the aft flange.
Step 3: Take five of the 13 W-1208-L Nose Ribs that were just trimmed and trim off the upper and lower forward flanges.
Step 4: Select the one W-1208-L Nose Rib that is untrimmed and trim the forward upper and lower flanges.
Step 5: Take seven of the 14 W-1208-R Nose Ribs and trim the aft flange.
Step 6: Select two of the seven W-1208-R Nose with the aft flange trimmed and trim the forward upper and lower flanges.
Step 7: Select four of the seven W-1208-R Nose Ribs that are untrimmed and trim the forward upper and lower flanges.
Step 8: Cut apart the two W-1216B Hinge Ribs into W-1216B and W-1216B-R Hinge Ribs.
Alodined and zinc chromated the ribs in preparation for the next steps. Just as a side not it took three cans of primer to paint all 28 nose ribs
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