Tonight I applied the second coat of varnish on the flaps and ailerons. Assuming the replacement bolts for the attach brackets arrive tomorrow, I should be able to set up the fabric this weekend. Some repairs were required, in particular some reinforcing around the leading edge where the control attaches on the ailerons and a new stringer on the left flap (the flaps have a bend, which is a stress point on the trailing edge material).
I also removed the circuit breaker panel tonight (the hard part was labeling all the cables before removing them). The breakers are all getting replaced with modern Klixon breakers (which are pullable, yay!). I was originally not going to replace the 35A battery breaker, but the old one shattered during removal, so I guess I’m replacing that as well. Unfortunately, over the years the circuit breakers have been replaced, sometimes requiring larger holes, sometimes not drilled in a straight line. So I have a bit of work to do figuring out how to support the new breakers and get them straight enough to attach to a bus bar. Again, things to do this weekend…