Te semester is drawing to a close with finals happening next week. I’ve planned a lot for the summer and hope that I can at least get half of it done.
This past weekend I went to a three day course on the Stewart System. It reinforced some covering techniques and more importantly we went all the way through a topcoat on the frame. I learned a lot and found out that the painting thing probably won’t be so scary. It won’t be a showplane, but I figure it’s like a baby. It’ll never be ugly. 🙂
Plan for May is to start covering the fuselage and the small parts like flaps and rudder. When the fuselage is covered I’m going to get a coat of EkoFill on and then transport it up to the airport for paint. I’ll also try to get a few of the small pieces covered in EkoFill so I can have those ready if I’m able to get them going on color coats.
Finally, if that all goes well and by some miracle I still have some summer time left, I’ll try and start covering the wings. The idea is that having the fuselage covered and painted will keep me plenty busy getting things installed over the fall and winter.
So stay tuned to see how much I actually get done haha.
(15 h)
First picture – Frame covered with no tapes
Second picture – Frane with brushed cross coat of EkoFill
Third Picture – Two sprayed cross coats of EkoFill
Fourth Picture – Three cross coats of color
