Progress photos of Steve Martin's 11AC Chief restoration
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| Tail feathers in nitrate. Start of taping. | Ailerons in nitrate. | ||
| Detail of those pesky little screws. | Fuselage in nitrate. | ||
| Start of fuselage taping. | Still taping... | ||
| Just about done taping... | Wings ready to be uncovered. Some preliminary inspection started. | ||
| Starting the uncovering process...lots of those pesky screws. | All done...things look pretty good. | ||
| Rebuilt engine just waiting to be installed. | Rebuilt struts and homemade spring compressor for reassembly. | ||
| A pile of the best excuse for rib stitching. That's a thousand screws that came out and will have to go back in. |
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