Vertical stabilizer (the fin, IMHO) hinge brackets are separated then final-drilled, deburred and polished. At this early point in the kit building process I am planning on priming everything prior to final assembly. So these little guys get to play the waiting game until there's a larger batch of parts ready for priming.
As an aside, my primer is Deft 44-GN-098, a two part water soluble epoxy primer, which is a chromate-free paint alleged to have corrosion-inhibiting qualities as good or better than the time-proven zinc chromate...but without the carcinogenic heavy metals. At $165 per gallon, I want to minimize waste and thus the self imposed waiting for a large batch of parts to prime. We shall see.
Finally the vertical stabilizer spar's doublers or caps are tapered to final dimension, deburred, polished and marked for location...and go into the waiting room.
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