Apply our final design was the mother of all vinyl jobs, in fact we’re told that it’s one of the larger jobs Air Graphics has ever printed up. But in the end it was worth it, they worked out a great design with Elizabeth and provided everything we needed to get them applied. Thanks also to our […]
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We’re finally applying our n numbers. We’ve done an initial sand and buff on the wings so we can apply the numbers, though we may come back and do a more detailed job later. I got these temporary numbers at my local Fast Signs, though the permanent ones with come from AirGraphics. RTA Transfer/Decal Close-up Applied numbers
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We’ve finally started shooting paint. The weather was cool, but with the sun shining on the paint booth, and the gas heater was set just in front of the inlet fan, so we were able to hold the temps steady in the 70s. Elizabeth is working on the final paint scheme with Air Graphics.
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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’ve picked our blue, at least for this coat (we may go a different direction with the pro paint job later). I’ll be picking up some Nason Blue Metallic (400-44) tonight for the belly of our fuselage, and maybe some winglet highlights (the rest is “snow white 471-44″). Our paint scheme features this sort of blue long term, and having […]
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