As Bill said, the MD-RA guy needs to see every nut, bolt, and rivet. When I was building my -8, I finish riveted one side of of the control surfaces, wing, and horizontal stab, then I had my pre-cover inspection.
If you have the storage space, you can save yourself a bunch of $$ by waiting until your wings are ready for a pre-cover inspection and do them and the tail at the same time.
My inspector wanted the rear baffles off of the tanks and no ProSeal on the shop heads inside the tanks for the inspection. Once he signed off I could then ProSeal the shop heads inside the tanks and put on the rear baffle.
I would recommend that a.) if you want a critical second set of eyes to look at your workmanship, get a local RV builder or a recommended person from your local EAA chapter to come and have a look. We don't have "Tech Counselors" per se in our Canadian EAA chapters, but there are always smart/experienced guys around happy to help out.
b.) Find out who your MD-RA inspector guy is and give him a call/email. Ask him what he likes to see/how he does his inspections. It varies from inspector to inspector, and there are one or two around that are just a pain in the... you get the idea.
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