The paint situation was particularly disheartening because I have spent sooo much time and energy (and money) chasing various issues and thought I had things working well. Anyway details in the Painting & Finishing section.
With the temperature moderating somewhat I hope to get back to the right wing taping and finishing soon. In the meantime I took some tools home and built a radio package that fits in the pilot's side map box, finished the exhaust shroud and finished the pre-installation assembly of the A-65.
I posted the Radio Package details a couple of weeks ago, and now added updates in the Firewall Forward, Painting & Finishing, and Wings sections.