Rolling your own

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Re: Rolling your own

Postby rizzz » Sat Jun 06, 2015 1:52 am

Rickadler wrote:What kind of paint did you use?
Rick Adler Waiex 0146

I'm using a 2 pack polyurethane from a company called Norglass:
http://www.norglass.com.au/products/northane-gloss

The primer is a 2 pack epoxy from the same company
http://www.norglass.com.au/products/shi ... -undercoat

I initially chose this paint because it can be rolled on rather than sprayed (hence the title of this topic),
and even though this worked, I soon found spraying is not as hard as I feared and a lot quicker to do too, so I'm spraying everything now. Once you get the hang of it its quite fun.
Michael
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Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
First flight 7th of November 2015
Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
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Re: Rolling your own

Postby rizzz » Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:06 am

Painted the fuselage today.
I'm pretty happy with the results No major runs or sags. This is a major milestone.
Now I only have to paint a small red and grey line along the length of the fuselage and I'm done! (need to mask it all up first which is the part that takes the most time...)
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Sonex #145 from scratch (mostly)
Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
First flight 7th of November 2015
Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
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Re: Rolling your own

Postby rizzz » Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:27 pm

Just pulled the masking tape off the fuselage, that's painting done!
I am one happy camper!
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Michael
Sonex #145 from scratch (mostly)
Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
First flight 7th of November 2015
Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
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Re: Rolling your own

Postby rizzz » Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:42 pm

Got the plane out of the "spray tent" today:
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Next I'll put the tail & cowl on and see how that looks :-)
Michael
Sonex #145 from scratch (mostly)
Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
First flight 7th of November 2015
Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
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Re: Rolling your own

Postby rizzz » Tue Jun 23, 2015 7:26 pm

Some pictures with tail and cowling, fairings and wheel pants installed:
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Sonex #145 from scratch (mostly)
Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
First flight 7th of November 2015
Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
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Re: Rolling your own

Postby ScottM-Sonex1629 » Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:05 pm

WOW! Nicely done for a garage paint job, you should be proud!
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Re: Rolling your own

Postby Bryan Cotton » Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:32 pm

Rizzz,
Looks great all together!
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