Another T45 Swallow - Slingsby --

[Gene C]

Scott,
Just keep plugging away at it as you are and it will soon be ready to fly. It's hard to resist the temptation but hang in there.

[MarnochS]

Finally got over the wing painting hurdle.....................checking the "gloss"

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[ARUP]

Ahahahaha!

[Asher Carmichael]

Been there, done that.......

[MarnochS]

Yellow............a quick color check with the "reference" subject..... ...the impulse to peel the masking tape back is nearly overwhelming.

[MarnochS]

Yellow .....also known as ballasting with paint.....

[ARUP]

That's a pretty slick fixture! That is really going to show up at altitude, too! Painting with yellow is murder. Takes a bit to get opaque... at least with dope it does! Red is sorta the same.

[MarnochS]

worked out how to hold the fuselage while painting



Two mist coats of white and then the yellow




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Clean-up on aisle 2.........all the paint I sanded off my wings with 220 grit wet/dry and a spray bottle..

[MarnochS]

Things were going along so well and then........I didn't fill the weave well enough on the D-box area.....( skipped the PolySpray step )
Now I've got some sanding in my future.....nuts.......


Well - while I wait for paint to dry......moved on to sanding and masking the fuselage.......and filling the rear fabric that didn't get a clear coat
Applying silver to the top of the rear fuselage section as it's going to be yellow and I didn't want the see-thru look.

[MarnochS]

Pulled the paint masks off .......I'm liking it....

[MarnochS]

the ever omnipresent metronome........

Some masking........followed by a base layer of white..........followed by AeroThane 140 Orange-Yellow (thinned 20%)
Pretty good gloss as you can see the paint mask backing paper on the stab.




And a coat of Spar Varnish on the constructed Seat.

[lenb]

Tick toc tick toc
LOL
Looking forward to seeing it in IL

[MarnochS]

correcting some last minute depressions.....



And time to start masking the fabric area ( part 1 ) and add some primer..




Painted the Canopy frame light blue ( PPG Omini LV ) so it will match the rest of the Cockpit color.....

[MarnochS]

Knuckled down and started sanding away on the canopy frame pieces.....alot of sand, check....sand, check....sand,check....sand, check.



Fuselage getting it's Clear AeroThane, now I just have to wait the proscribed 7 days for the paint to cross-link. I think I'll give the Clear a couple of days before I start masking and priming the solid sections.

[gunny11]

There's the 2-33 fuselage...

Nice work Scott.