Francisco,

I'm sure the memories must be good ones and I'm glad you're enjoying this project. BTW, when down south I'll be sure to contact you should I be in the GTO area. I'd love to see your local field. What are you flying these days?

In any case, thanks for the inspirational comments. I've had to wait for the weather to cooperate in order to paint. Last week we had a series of cool (not cold by Great White North standards) days and rain but Sunday and today finally brought about some 15-18 deg C weather - enough for spot paint work.

I finished painting the cockpit in flat black and have moved on to the wing. I glassed the slightly modified cockpit (front has instrument panel area rather than what struck me as an unfinished area in the design), sanded and used high build primer before the flat black. I'm not using fuel proof paint in this area as it will be sealed by the canopy and the paint allows several coats to be applied in short intervals (1 minute dry time to overcoat!). A few hours worth of work and good enough for a sport cockpit.

The bottom of the wing was also (clearly) glassed - first with 6 oz cloth followed by a wider 3/4 oz cloth and sanded smooth with the wing sheeting. I've started applying primer but of course..., I ran out. [] I still need to do some filler work along the seam to insure a smooth transition and plenty of sanding (I shouldn't be showing this until it's finished properly! ). Then, since I'm not far from where I want to be with the primer I may switch to Lustrekote epoxy primer before the white coats. Sand, sand, mask, mask, paint, paint... [:-]

Hopefully October will provide us with a few more days of ~15 deg C temperatures in order to finish the paint work and allow moving on to the covering. As I was painting, I have to admit I was tempted to go back and glass the whole fuse and shoot the thing with paint. It would probably look a lot nicer given the sheeting accidents incurred in it's youth! Mmmm...

Well, hopefully I'll have wings and stabs to cover.