I sprayed the dark grey canopy and the red on the wingtips a couple of nights ago. Last night I grilled out and drank margaritas.
Tonight I did the red on the fuselage. I wanted to make the full length stripe about twice as wide as it is toward the rear, but to keep the line unbroken the wing and pushrod exit fairing gets right in the way. I also left some room below the red because I'm planning a black stripe below it. Next will doing be some red along the leading edges of the wing. What appears as a sloppy edge along the red in these photos is just loose paint flash from unmasking. Once it dries completely I can wet sand along the line with some 800 and the edges will (normally
) clean up.
I'm trying to get'er finished up so I can drag it along for some "show and tell" at the Sig contest next weekend. If that's gonna happen I'm figuring that I want the final clearcoats on it no later than Monday night to allow for some drying time before final assembly. With having to show up for the pesky job thing both Saturday and Sunday, and with the rest of the paint details I've got planned for it, it's gonna be
really tight. We'll see.