Masking the Fuselage

Here we’ve finally masked the fuselage off in preparation for spraying primer. Nose Masking Wheel masking 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 laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi […]

Erecting the Paintbooth at the Airport

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 […]

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

Priming the Pilot Wing

So, you get the idea at this point. This wing was in pretty good shape, but there were several “dimples” that needed filling (most of which actually got filled), and a couple of spots on the outboard end that needed some real (not a ton, but a fair amount of) fill. We filled it, and […]

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, […]