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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