Nice progress Andy. From your flicker:

During the drilling for the pins I had an idea. Cutting off the pins, sanding their OD to clear the holes in the caps and I have a couple of studs to locate the stays while I prepare the drop out ends. Not sure this will be much better the letting the pins stay in the stays but I'll find out.

What did you find out? Seems like reducing the nail OD in place in the st would be a pita (but I've never done it so..?).

Thanks, Brian