naval flight officer

So I have been working on this thing off and on for 3 years in between deployments and moving and I thought that I would share some of the final steps with any one who cared to stop by and look in. Hopefully if I am doing something totally wrong some one will chime in and stop me before it is to late.
So with that here are some pictures taken of the first few steps as I start painting.

Scott

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More Pix

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Some with color on the sides.

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This is the scheme I am aiming for. With getstencils help hopefully.

Warbird Joe

It is looking great Naval. I like the color scheme and emblem.

Joe

geezeraviation

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AHHHH the standard French 5 color camo, gotta love it. Good scheme, gonna look great. What are you painting with.
Doc

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Behr latex paint. Wasn't sure about how much paint would be needed. I have been thinning it down 50% to eliminate brush strokes and I am afraid that I bought enough for about a hundred planes. should have just got the sample sizes and not the quarts. Live and learn.

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More progress

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and more

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and still more

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last for a bit

caribefoto

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Very nice work, any chance we might get to see this beauty at Blue Max on April 15th at Fantasy of Flight, Polk City FL?..............John

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I would love to bring it down. I am the worlds slowest builder so we will see if it is done in time.

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More pictures showing the stencil process.

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More stencil photos

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finnished wing

caribefoto

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Well done with nice clean edges. Did you have to do much edge "repair" painting?.........John

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a few spots here and there. after looking closely at the wwI planes in boeings museum of flight I am pretty sure these areas would have shown some of the first wear. I have heard that you should do your best not to have raised edges and brush strokes but almost every plane there had both. so I kind of just went with what I got unless it was an obvious blead under. I wish i had some clear when I started to seal the edges better. doing it lightly with the same color I was going to put on next was not as effective as I would have liked. oh well. Every plane I make is an experiment and a chance to try something new. if only I could do this full time I think i might get the hang of it.

ARUP

Your SPAD is looking really good!

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Thanks. Little by little so they say.

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Getting closer!

caribefoto

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Mighty fine model! You almost made it in time for this weekend's Blue Max. If you have time, drop in on us.............John

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Maybe next year. still have afew odds and ends to do pluss the maiden. post photos of the event. would have loved to come down. would have gotten me out of the,other of all easter egg hunts in my neighborhood.

jeffEE

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Another SPAD.......good, we were running out of targets! Nice, very nice work on the SPAD. Gotta love all the WWI birds.

naval flight officer

thanks, fine job on yours as well. i love the color choices for the German aircraft.
I finaly have the radio and fuel system installed. Im running out of excuses to not fly it. need to finish painting the roundels on the bottom of the wing and the markings on the tail. any one in jacksonville want to back me up and make sure i haven't done any thing stupid?