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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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It’s been really cold and snowy here, so the painting has been going a bit slowly. We sprayed the winglets with blue on Tuesday, but there a few places were the paint beaded up. I think this might be polishing compound that didn’t get sanded off well enough. In any event, we heated the booth […]
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Long day today. We got the canard moved to the big hangar and got started on the main wings. First we got them into the booth, and then sanded off the overspray and polish compound from buffing them previously. Then we got the swoosh taped off, as well as the blue line on the inside […]
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The canard and door interiors are looking good in a fresh clear coat. We’ll ditch the canard and bring the main wings in tomorrow and get started on them. We should get the canard touch-up tomorrow and clear the door beams and the canard on Saturday. Inside door beam clear coat Canard Clear Coat
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