Last update prior to Oshkosh.
Fuselage is ready for a light sanding followed by the topcoat colors after I get back from my summer tour in a week and a half or so.
I’m also finishing up my wing rack build today and tomorrow so I can transport/store the wings more compactly.
See you at OSH!
(6 h)
The painting process is in full swing at the moment. Between life obligations and other flying obligations, it takes forever to get anything done, but it is getting done.
Currently we have a horizontal stabilizer and fuselage that has all the coats of EkoFill on it and is ready for EkoPrime. Took a decent amount of trial and error to get everything working right and we did a good bit of sanding to get some runs out.
Brushing the EkoFill on the fuselage took a good 4 hours give or take 30 minutes.
The EkoPrime should be on this week and then we can start shooting color (EkoPoly) the next day. I’m not sure when this will happen. I’d like to say this week too, but we’re closing in on Oshkosh and I’ve got other things to take care of before the end of the week.
In somewhat unrelated news, I’m building a wing rack so I can transport my two wings and store them easier.
(20 h)
The day has finally arrived where the fuselage is completely covered in fabric and ready for paint. I thought for sure it wouldn’t take 3 weeks since my last update, but summer seems to extend all timelines.
The objective is to move the fuselage this afternoon to get ready for paint and then hopefully start painting in the next week or so. We shall see how that timeline works out.
I was trying to think of some helpful covering hints or tips for the fuselage and can;t find anything groundbreaking except for the patches that go on the rear of the door frame. RANS instructs you to place patches and then tapes, but this is one area where I think they want you to put the patches on after you place the tapes. I did not and I don’t think it’s a huge problem, but I think it would look cleaner.
The areas in question are where other tapes start/end. A patch over the top of these tapes would finish those junctions off very nicely and then you would place the tape that goes around the door frame over that patch.
The other was a recommendation from another S-20 builder to use some bias tape for the vertical stabilizer transition area. That worked out great and I would recommend it.
I’m going to finish a horizontal stabilizer, aileron, and maybe cover the doors to get a few pieces to get my painting skills adjusted.
(16 h)
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