Hi all

yes it was painted in the mould but. , the previous owner must of had a hard landing and the gear gave out & cracked the fuse
He repaired it really badly and I was able to remove the repair without tools ! Luckily or unluckily ...?
so I've repaired it properly with carbon fibre and carbon kevlar reinforcement along with some thin pre made GRP
& now it's structurally sound
It was done very similarly to the picture I supported a thin piece of GRP either 0.37mm or 0.50 mm thick in place with CA glued wooden spars which are sanded to follow the bend of the fuselage the two white formers are to hold the GRP to the correct curvature of the fuse until the epoxy based resin & carbon fibre or glass fibre cures holding it in shape..

anyways along with this he decided to paint over the really bad repair with some really nasty paintwork which fills panel lines so they're invisible

so this is the paint I wish to remove firstly to get rid of it but mostly to check there are no more botched repairs underneath
soon as I final finish the repair with some epoxy based filler consisting of glass balloons and silca I can take it to the paint shop and have it primed ready for me to weather and paint

And get her flying again

thanks Anthony