For Aero Engineer: The Midway Museum Is in work Restoring the F-4F Wildcat.
Some pics of Midways F-4F Wildcat undergoing restoration at North Island
in the second pic, F-4F.04 the left wing is in a roll over stand. the primerd part facing toward the camera is all that is left of the original metal. the rest will be all new aluminum.
In the third pic F-4F.06A are copies of original manufacturers drawings of wing spars held together with cleckos. once the NEW spars are test fit the cleckos will be replaced with rivits. Those drawings are courtesy of The Smithsonian Instution. The drawings show each part in it full size with precise measurements.
The 4th pic F-4F.03 shows what is left that is still useable. About 75% of the left wing will be new aluminum.
THe 5th pic F-4F.02 shows drawings for skin panels for the left wing.
Lastly pic 1 F-4F.01 and pic 7 F-4F.07, the green primer is new skin panels and fuselage ribbing that the volunteers, cut, test fit, and assembled to make the main fuselage complete.