Cutting the right side cabin pieces for the door and the front side piece. Anna Marie got to sit in the copilot seat. 

The existing turn and bank is an air driven (vacuum actually from the Venturi tube) unit from the 1940’s. When they work they work great but are noisy as air is pulled across a rotor which spins at about 10,000+ rpm.  It only works when the aircraft is flying. This new one is electric and is much quieter. It costs less to buy this new one than to overhaul the old one. 

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.