Sorry for the lack of updates lately. No excuses except the usual like I've been out of town, going crazy in general, the dog ate the update, etc...
I forgot to mention that the Colorado brothers donated paint for the Harpoon before they left, Thanks guys!
Maybe we need a little more to finish the job so a great sponsor came through and we now have the paint we need to get the harpoon back into her fighting colors:
Now we need to finish the prep process so we can acid etch, alodine, prime and paint the old gal. We also need a good place to paint her so we are working on just that.
While the paint is in the works progress continues on several other fronts. Here are Terry and Scott who are working on the right wing.
Some of the wiring in the right wing was damaged by the ground squirrels so they are repairing the damaged wiring by cutting out the bad and splicing in the new.
The wing in this area was pretty trashed by the pesky rodents but amazingly enough it cleaned up beautifully. Rick secured the wiring with waxed cord and prepared the area so the aux oil tank can go back in.
Looks nice Ricky
Good progress is also being made on the aft fuselage. The original glass was removed and we are reproducing it. In this shot you can see the red colored borate/phoschek that needs to be cleaned from the airframe. The rest of the crusty paint will also be stripped, acid etched, alodined and primed before the new glass goes in.
Here is the other Scott hitting the tunnel gunners structure with Roloc wheels and Scotchbrite. It's easier to work in the tunnel area if you lift the tail with the fork lift
The aft fuselage with the evil red color in places
Here is Ken, Larry and Brad cleaning up the aft fuselage. Lots of scrubbing to get all red traces out right Red Tracer?
Another major score was finding the rare camera mount and not quite as rare camera. Now we have a complete F-56 aerial camera system that will go back in sometime soon.
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http://www.twinbeech.com/84062restoration.htmWe brought her from:
to this in 3 months:
Help us get her all the way back
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Thank you!
Taigh Ramey
Vintage Aircraft, Stockton, California
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) I would install a period correct camera body with modern digital camera inside giving me an actual recon capable warbird. 
