Primed and painted inside firewall brackets and riveted as much as I could. Weldments are backordered. Polished several parts . Spent a lot of time looking at parts and trying to decide whether to paint or powder coat. I think I will paint. I bought a EXP2V electrical panel and was planning to use it but I worked on a friends RV 8 yesterday and when I got in the aircraft some of the busses were hot with the master switch off. I turned the master on then off and the busses went cold. The owner said that this has been a problem and that several switches had failed. They were the rocker type switches. I have the toggle switches but I plan on returning the panel and installing a conventional electrical system with CB's and some CB switches. It will probably cost a little more but I think it will be worth it.