Clear Coating Canard and Door Beams

We got the canard and the inside of the doors (beams) clear coated today. We’ll move it to the big hangar tomorrow and get started on the main wings. Check out the pictures. For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt […]

Clear Coating Small Parts and Pants

The small bits got clear coated yesterday, as well as the pants (check out the pictures). Today we pulled the canard into the booth and primed a couple of bad spots (we had a bit of oil under the doghouse that kept a spot from bonding, one “moving” nick, and the pilot-side elevator close-out didn’t get […]

Painting the Assorted Small Parts

We’re working on the small bits, finishing the pants and wing bits (vortilons, bolt covers, elevator ice covers, and the cowl covers). We’re also getting the insides of the doors ready. We put the hardware back in, and we’re getting ready to spray primer on the door beams. We may cover them in leather later, […]

The Fuselage goes to the Airport Corporate Hangar for Storage

Another major milestone, we’ve moved the fuselage out of the hangar. We will probably buff it some more and wax and polish her in the spring, but she looks really nice. Getting paint to look “perfect” is really hard, but getting it to look good just takes time really. I have to thank Jerry and […]

Fuselage Painting Completed

So, I’ve decided that we’re done spraying paint on the fuselage. So, unless we screw something up I plan to move the fuselage into storage space in the corporate hangar this weekend. Next stop is to paint the small odds-n-ends and interior door beams. It turns out that all most nobody covers those with upholstery, […]

Spraying Clear Coat onto Fuselage

We sanded and sprayed more clear today, and she is really looking nice. We may be ready to move the fuselage out of the hangar later this week so we can get to work on the finishing up the wings. I’m hoping to have the paint done by Christmas, then we can install the engine […]