Strake Pocket Painting

The windows are a pain in the ass. We’re going to paint onto them slightly to make them look more flush than they really are. We’ve hit them with about 1/8″ of primer, and we’ll go another 1/8″ onto the window with the top coat using 3M Fine Line tape. We also sprayed chrome Krylon […]

Spraying Blue onto Ancillary Parts

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

Painting the Pilot Wing

This weekend we reprimed, sanded, and painted the pilot side wing. We also patched the panel opening where the Blue Mountain lived, making way for the new goodies. Up next, install the GRT Horizon HX (shipping this week!) and preparing the fuselage for paint. Painted pilot wing Bottom Painted pilot wing Top

Painting the Canard

So, we sanded, filled, and re-primed the canard. That took a couple of days, but tonight we sprayed color finally. We’ll see when it cures out, but it seems we’re starting to get the hang of this. We hit it with a light tack coat, and then 1 full color coat, 1 final heavy coat, […]

Paint and Buff CoPilot Wing

Today we built a “tilting frame” for the wing so we can paint basically on 45 degree inclines instead of directly up and down. It’s basically an A frame with a tie-off point so we can stop the rotation. We also put a 1″x3″ in the aileron well and rested it on a sawhorse. We […]

First Coat of White

Our top coat is Nason 2k Ful-thane, the factory recommended paint, in “snow white”. Here are a couple of shots of the copilot aileron curing. Jerry is starting to get a feel for it now. By the time we get to paining his plane it should be old hat. Painted Aileron (copilot) note the reflections, […]