Daily progress.
So the day started out stressful and full of disappointment and despair.
After mixing 4oz of the new can of paint and painting everything just to find out it was the same butterscotch color as before.
So I was looking at the 3/4oz test batch I mixed up yesterday (this stuff has a very long pot life) and thinking " what the hell is going on" This little batch is perfect yellow, why is the new one I just did butterscotch.?
I said screw it and mixed up 2oz to see what would happen. As soon as I started mixing it I could see the difference, it was the desired yellow!
So It was only 2 or 3 hr since I shot the last stuff and recoat is best within 4-6 hr so I set everything up while the paint was cooking.
I waited 40min then added the reducer and started to shoot. I could see right away this was much more yellow then the last stuff
I painted it all with just 2oz (2oz of paint, 6oz total) and even had some left over.
I brushed some on the fuselage to confirm again that it was the right yellow and it was so I left everything to dry.
I would peak in every so often, some times it looked like the butterscotch, and even the fuselage was looking like that.
Then it would look yellow. So this stuff was really messing with my mind
After a few hr I pulled the fuselage out and pulled all the tape mask off.
First was the canopy.... yes.... it matches
The finish was really nice to, I am getting this paint gun down.
I am using half the paint I was at first.
Next was the ruder. It matched as well.
I tried the elevator and it matched, but I did not take a pic.
The cowl came out great too I haven't put the doors on. I will do that tomorrow but I think they are fine too.
So now on to the wing. I needed to fit the wing and make any adjustments to it before I start to paint it.
A little sanding here and there. I also made sure the ailerons and flaps all fitted without binding and that I had plenty of room for paint.
The yellow in the sun, nice and bright
TB