Clear Coat Control Surfaces

We got the elevators and ailerons clear coated tonight. We’ll cook them dry in the morning and then bring the fuselage back to the hangar and start getting it ready for reassembly.

Clear Coating Control Surfaces

We ran out tonight just long enough to clear coat the ailerons and elevators to kick off the long weekend. I want to get the fuselage back into the hangar on Saturday so we can work on it, so we needed to be done with painting. They look nice, and I’m officially bringing the paint […]

Clear Coating the Wings

It’s still really cold, but we did spray clear on the wings today. One big step forward was the new heater from Home Depot which, instead of my old heater which can do only 40k Btu, can do 70-130k Btu. We’ll try to get another couple of coats tomorrow, and then get them really warm to cure […]

Spraying Clear Coat onto Wings

We sprayed clear on the wings today, after uncovering everything. It’s always surprising how nice everything looks after the masking is removed. The new massive construction heater is working out great, allowing us to get the temperature of the booth well into the 80s without even running it on high. Tomorrow we’ll try to get […]

Booth Heating

We painted in the winter, so good heating was essential. The new massive construction heater is working out great, allowing us to get the temperature of the booth well into the 80s without even running it on high. Tomorrow we’ll try to get another couple of coats on and get them cooked out New torpedo […]

Spraying Blue onto the Winglets

So, it’s been really cold and snowy here this week (and pretty much everywhere), and so progress has been pretty slow. We did spray the winglets with blue, though, so check that out. I hope to get clear on the wings this weekend, which should let us finish with paint next week. Then we can bring […]