@thebronze~ I ended up ordering the plastruct tread plate last night, so once again there is another delay to getting one step closer to completion.

@daisycutter~ I kind of figured that may be a moulding sink mark, but it looks so deliberate, I couldn't be sure. Thanks for the info on the wing nuts. So basically there used in the fashion pictured in the photo tailend charlie posted. Anyone have any close ups of this area?