Update 2/28/19. I now have all the plastic lift rings removed, and hand made replacements installed. I also did a few of the grab irons on the nose.
The grunt work for this project is almost done, at least for the upper shell. Very much looking forward to working on the unit specific details that don’t require hours of bending and fitting brass.
(By the way, ignore those two extra holes on top the nose... oops! They will be filled in soon.)