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Finished up reassembly of the airplane. I applied HDMW tape around the bottom of the gear legs and foam sealant tape around the top of the gear legs and then attached the gear leg fairings. Hopefully that will minimize paint wear on those moving parts.

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Today we hung the elevators and rudder and rewired the rudder nav/strobe light. We also attached the landing gear fairings, wing tips and wing/fuselage fairings.

 

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After letting the paint cure over the weekend, I began reassembling the airplane. I applied new felt under the wing trailing edge flap area to prevent chafing when the flaps are retracted. Then I attached the ailerons and flaps. The painters were still touching up various areas so I wasn't able to get much more done today.

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The red paint was completed and today the paint shop is applying the top clear coat. Almost done!

 

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Since the last visit to the paint shop the gray highlights were painted and work continued on building up the red areas.

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Masking for the red areas was completed and the first tack coat of red was shot.

 

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Next up the paint shop spent the day masking for the red areas of the design. Lots of taping was required because all the red areas are lined with a black pin stripe.