Now is a good time to start thinking about painting and trim schemes.

Here are a couple pics of the ill fated Red Plane that I did last summer. It started with a primed plane and a drawing. I'll provide a link to my PDF profile drawings once I dig them up.

A lot has been said about this plane including the choice of Candy Apple Red - I was originally contracted to paint this plane for a buyer that backed out at the last moment. Originally everybody loved the thought of a candy apple red plane. The lesson WE all learned (not just me) was how dark the plane gets in the air. I still have about $200 worth of this paint - it's part of the PPG Vibrance line of paints, it's the original high end Candy Apple Paint - it a 3- stage. I'll be using that paint along with the Vibrance Candy Yellow (Vibrance Yella) paint (about $350/pint) on this plane. I also have the complete catalog of SEM candies coming as well. This will all be cleared under PPG 2002 Clear.

You can see in the knife edge shot how dark the candy red gets on the shadowed side.

As I am developing the scheme I will share some sneak peaks of what I am designing for this plane, I am going to paint most of the graphics and type using my spray masks.

I am leaning towards another "Fire Dragon" scheme. With airbrushing and illustrative techniques...