Some of these screws may have adhesive to keep the camera from being taken apart so push hard with the screwdriver and turn slowly to avoid stripping screws.
Use a Phillips #000 screwdriver to remove the five 4.5 mm screws located on the bottom of the camera and the top one on the left side, with the lens facing you.
Use a Phillips #000 screwdriver to remove the two 3.5 mm screws, one below the lens and one on the left side.
Use a Phillips #000 screwdriver to remove the 7.1 mm screw from the right side of the camera.
Some of these screws may have adhesive to keep the camera from being taken apart so push hard with the screwdriver and turn slowly to avoid stripping screws.
Use a Phillips #000 screwdriver to remove all four of the 7.1mm screws that are under the metal piece.
Use a Phillips #000 screwdriver to remove the three 3.5 mm screws.
Use a Phillips #000 screwdriver to remove the three 3 mm screws.
In some models these may be T3 or T4 Torx screws.
Gently pull the copper plate towards you to remove it.
The sensor is attached to the copper plate and will come out with the copper plate. The thin, red glass plate glued to the front of the sensor is the infrared filter.
Thanks for the effort in compiling this, however even being pretty experienced in precision instrumentation and electronic repair but I encountered some difficulties.
1: To remove the hot shoe cover plate you actually have to lift on the 'forward' end of the plate nearest the lens to un latch and slide it out, not the "back end"
2: The screws are so tightly glued below the hot shoe that they are nearly impossible to remove, I got 3 out but the same front one that appears to be missing in your pictures is stuck fast. The screw that holds the LVF is also glued fast and I believe it's smaller then a 000 phillips.
3: The back metal plate does appear to be glued to the top of the body and no amount of prying seems to loosen it.
It appears Panasonic intended this camera to be disposable and not dissembled. Sad because all of them seem to get dust on the sensor at some point.
I would love to add a microphone jack and cannot see the internal microphone wires. Are they part a ribbon (in which case ia m out of luck) or they are independent from a ribbon and accessible?