Wiring stamped and the print is made. Now comes soldering and routing of the wires. 

I had the welds redone and it’s now at the paint shop. Although I’ve heard good and bad things about powder coating I decided to go ahead and get it painted this way. It will be white as I want to be able to watch for oil leaks. 

I put it on so I could get some before and after photos. 

Getting the tips painted Stinson Maroon and then it’ll be done. 

Installing the new rudder and aileron cables. 

I’m suspecting some corrosion damage to this and will look into it more later. Notice the popped rivets in the second photo below. 

My ELT wiring print for the new Emergency Locator.

This piece is not shown in the airplane manual so I did not know it was missing.  I met a Stinson 108 owner who lives in Nebraska while I was visiting Beaumont and he offered to stop by and see how I was doing.  He’s rebuilt several Stinsons and currently flies the one owned by his dad.  He showed me a few pointers and where a few things went that I wasn’t certain.  One thing he pointed out is the fact I was missing some support for the rear panels.  Since the panels were not installed when I got the airplane I didn’t know they were missing.  So I made some out of the leftover wood from the ceiling piece and fit them as he directed.

Recreated piece is circled in red.

Figuring out the style of foam for the seats.  Where I work has a complete upholstery shop that makes aircraft seats and has all types of foam combinations.  Top layer soft, bottom layer more dense.  I think I will go with two layers of dense foam then a 1″ top of less dense foam pad.

Cutting and fitting the new door panels.  These will have fabric added later.  I still need to cut the holes for the door handle and lock.