Well, I will admit that I had ever posted this here. So Since its has been quite a while, I will give an update.
For the most part the plane was moved to the back burner as it was only at the museum for a few months before we bought the C-47 and all focus really shifted towards it. However, in the last year or so, work on the F-4 had resumed. I don't have many photos of the progress as a lot of it happened without me even realizing it or not being around to document it in general... And to top it off, I am currently deployed so I do not have my camera with me that has what photos I do have...
We actually have had quite a few new members join the museum to help on it. In fact one of our new members actually flew the plane in the USAF. Because of the renewed interest in it by new members, it will likely be completed and on display sometime this summer.
When we first got it, it was in pretty decent shape, but it did have some damage. It had the one wingtip ripped off as well as the rear canopy during a windstorm when it was sitting behind the NMUSAF in Dayton.
The rear canopy has since been fixed and was even polished out to get rid of most of the crazing that it had. Both canopies were worked on last year and they both are now fully down and locked in place. Eventually we would like to get them operable, but that is a project for the future. The big thing was getting them down and locked so that the birds would stop getting in.
The wing section has received the most attention of the entire project. The both gear wells as well as the main landing gear were sand blasted and had been repainted. Some sheet metal work was done on it as well and the entire belly was primed.
The nose gear/bay has also been sand blasted and painted as well.
The radome had been finished and it was finally installed last fall as well.
We will actually be joining the fuselage and wing together very soon. We are at this point just waiting to meet with our crane operator to go over the various plans we have and figure out which one will be the best option. Our ramp will also be completely redone this summer, so the plane has to be up on its feet so that it can be moved by then.
Here is one picture from my phone that shows the front from last fall before winter had set in...