Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about the control rod. I will leave the control rods alone since the consensus seemed to do just that. Life rule number 2, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Here are some pictures of my rebuild. The first thing I did was to rip the bottom off since I am making it a tail dragger. It was a tricycle gear and at the time, this seemed to make it easier to make it electric. After seeing how it looks with the covering off, I will keep the next one a tricycle.

I stripped the covering from the nose. I hadn't remembered what a bare Senior looked like and was pleasantly surprised that there was a nice horizontal hatch line to cut along. I sawed the top of the bulkhead down to the line in the side. Then I cut along the line for a really natural hatch.

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