Saturday, October 25, 2008

All Things Electrical

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I've been trying to concentrate on all of the electrical items from the firewall aft. This is cool, since I am actually bolting parts o...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Now - Where was I?

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Time to get back to the fun stuff. While I was waiting for the paint to dry I did get some other work in on the aft side of the firewall. ...

Painted at last, Painted at last, Thank God it's painted at Last!

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I finally got all the parts back from the paint shop. How long has it been? I think Rob came down just before the Fourth of July and that w...
Saturday, October 18, 2008

Free CAD drafting program

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Not that this has much to do with anything, but I wanted to let you know that there is a nifty free Computer Aided Drafting program out ther...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Paint not yet resolved.

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I'm still waiting to get the rest of the parts back from the paint shop. I really need the elevators since I will be routing things aro...
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Now what?

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Quick update here. It's definitely a good news/bad news situation. After sanding off about $700 worth of new paint, I sent my plane to ...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

Progress is happening

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Even though I haven't posted lately, progress is in the works. I sanded a lot of the paint off and made arrangements to have a local bo...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

A Paint Job Gone Bad - Rats!!!

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After the paint job was done, and much to my total dismay, I discovered there were significant problems with the color match on different pa...
Monday, September 01, 2008

Q-2 canopy for sale

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I have a new clear canopy for sale, on Ebay. Here is the URL http://tinyurl.com/62j6gd All proceeds will be donated to the Plastic Explosive...
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Sunday, August 24, 2008

"There is No Such Thing as a Simple and Cheap Paint Job"

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That quote was from the counter man at my local paint supply shop, as I returned to buy yet another $100 quart of paint to fix yet another o...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Getting the Primer On It

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Moving day! I was able to get my main man, Robbie Hoskins down to direct the painting operation for this little beast. Again, I am gratefu...
Monday, August 11, 2008

Doing the Epoxy Wipe

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This is a great technique. I first became aware of it when reading an article about Cory Bird and his most perfect Symmetry . In "the ...
Saturday, August 09, 2008

Sanding

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Over the years, we have learned better sanding techniques than were called out in the original plans. I'd thought I'd cover some of...
Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Good to Be Home

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I did Oshkosh for the whole week. Saw lots of folks and did lots of stuff. Paul Fisher and his boy, Roy came out and helped with pyro. Yes...
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Saturday, July 26, 2008

Off to Oshkosh

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I have flown my little Quickie into Oshkosh 19 times and this year was to be the 20th. Oh well. Sandy will be missing the big event. Since...

The Sands of Southern Illinois

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The coating of gray primer really helps you to see what needs to be sanded next.
Sunday, July 20, 2008

Small Update

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Just another photo or two of the filler. I went around with my sanding grinder and knocked off most of the high spots and clumps. (Making l...