Scratch Build
Andrew,
I purchased an orphaned RV-3 wing and tail kit and am scratch building the fuselage. Cut plywood patterns on band saw, used a nibbler to cut sheet metal parts and formed sheet metal around plywood patterns. Just started bucking rivets on fuselage. Going to keep avionics simple, a fuselage fuel tank, and engine hp below 150. Due to time limits my build is very slow.
Used Mig Welder to fabricate most of the weldments.
Drilling center section and spar double plate was a little tricky.
To order gear legs I had to register the kit with Vans. They would not sell gear legs without a kit serial number. Cynthia, a very nice lady who handles kit registration helped me with paper work to acquire serial number.