Update 2025-10-20

Thought we would share some of shots of our recent contract work on the 1941 Piper J-5. The fuselage fabric is finished and her cruiser orange paint scheme applied.

Photos taken 4 October 2025.

Photos taken 19 October 2025.

The left wing of the 1946 Aeronca Champ is finished with coloring and her right wing ready for paint.

Photo taken 4 October 2025.

Photo taken 19 October 2025.

Likewise, I have finished up more parts for Jim Brown's North American T-6/SNJ.

Photo taken 19 October 2025.

As for the Consolidated Liberator II, on 18 October 2025 Bill and Dee Strawn stopped by for a visit, surprising us with a donation of B-24 parts, manuals, and memorabilia. Thank you Bill!

These parts include a wartime seatbelt, throttle assembly, prop feather switch caps, load adjuster, ash tray, and a fuel cap cover from a Boeing B-17.

The biggest of pieces were sections of the Liberator's bomb bay doors!

Speaking of the Liberator, we have placed an order to recreate the stringer material for the aircraft.

The B-24's stringer extrusions were a unique Z shape that is no longer carried mass produced, so these have to be made custom for the project. The first batch should be ready this December, after which we can really make headway on Maid of Athens' forward fuselage.