Happily, I'm able to post here pictures and excerpts from our quarterly report to the City of Calgary on the progress made between January and the end of March this year. The engine work was, as reported above, done at the Bomber Command Museum shop in Nanton Alberta but the rest of the aircraft is being restored by Historic Aviation Services Inc. in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, which is about 300km to the north of Nanton.
The major visible progress has been in the restoration of the fuselage framework including on site-fabricated replacement members that have either gone missing or have been damaged over the years. The fuselage frame has also now been mated to the wing center section.
Here's the control column, rudder pedals, and "floor" disassembled prior to restoration
The floor boards were straightened, primed, the sprayed with the silver colour butyrate dope then reinstalled. The cockpit area was restored and various control were rebuilt and attached to the framing.
Landing gear selector:
New trim wheel and the rest of the pit:
We managed to acquire an original bullet proof windscreen from a collector in England. Ironically, the windscreen was built here in Canada.
The Dowty tail wheel was completely disassembled and rebuilt before installing into the fuselage.
The below series of pics begins with the fuselage and wing center section positioned just prior to be mated together and then shows various angles of the completed assembly.
The restoration report is fairly detailed and if anyone has specific questions, I'll do my best to answer them.