After I ripped the fabric off, I had the steel fuselage sandblasted and then I re-primed it with Superflite epoxy primer. In order to have it sandblasted, I stripped the fuse down to nothing! I even took all the nutplates off...it looked the same as the day I got it.
Anyway, it's re-primed and almost ready for covering. I noticed that when the sandblasters came and took my fuselage, they bent and twisted the bottom antenna mount plate. So I took that off and ordered a new one.
Here the fuselage is back in the garage and ready for the bottom fabric (after the new antenna mount is added).
