Today, I finished the vertical stabilizer by riveting the final rivets for the rear spar (VS-803PP).  This went pretty well.  Van's stated that this could be final riveted with a squeezer.  All the rivets turned out pretty well although I had a couple of close calls where the squeezer did not fit squarely on the flush head.  I had to use the thin nose yoke to get the shop head side of the rivet.  I started with the narrow flush rivet die in the squeezer and that resulted in the close calls in the quality of the set rivet.  Awakening from my brain fart, I noticed that I had a larger flush rivet die that allowed the squeezer to set fully on top of the flush rivet when riveting the lower part of the spar with the added thickness of the spar doubler (VS-808PP) interfering with the squeezer yoke.

It turned out great and it is done until I fit to the fuselage and put on the fiberglass tips.

RECOMMENDATION TO NEW BUILDERS:  Start with the Vertical Stabilizer!!!  It is the easiest component in the empennage kit to assemble.