We’ve put the booth up. Yup, that’s it. Well, we did finish up the fans and some masking off of the airplane, too. Paintbooth Paintbooth Paint Air Dryer Inlet air fan Extension cord and air hose access holes For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut […]
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It doesn’t take long after you start calling your airplane 44-Victor-Foxtrot to become 4-Victor-Fox. If you say Victor Fox a few times, it starts to really sound like someone’s name. If you think about it too long, it starts to sound like a Fox’s name who’s just won something. Thus, the idea for our mascot […]
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Here we’re de-oiling the belly. I’ll report back once we’re sure if this worked or not. Degreasing belly Belly prepped Paintbooth For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit […]
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Since we’ve decided to paint ourselves, we figured we needed a design. We’d talked with the folks from Air Graphics at Osh Kosh pretty much every year, so it was a natural fit to go back to them. We shared with them our initial thoughts and they worked up a few designs for us to comment on, and we […]
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We finished spraying blue on everything that will remain blue, so they’ll have two coats when we spray next, hopefully on Sunday. We got a couple of runs, but we should be able to sand everything out on Saturday. More Blue More Blue More Blue More Blue More Blue More Blue
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Thanks a lot, Andy, I’m in love with “icing” because of you. Over the long weekend I used it everywhere. The engine NACA scoops seemed a little uneven, ice them. The door lips wanted their weave filled, ice them. The strakes have some sanding scratches, ice them. The speed brake door and opening want their weave […]
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