More filling and sanding to eliminate low spots and pinholes.
More filler/primer and sanding and a final coat of filler/primer and we’re done with the fairing. Finally!
This took forever but I’m happy with the result. Learned a lot about body work the hard way. 🙂
Onward!
| Today’s Time (hours): | 4.0 |
| Finish Kit (hours): | 93.0 |
| Total Time (hours): | 823.0 |
Removed the peel ply. Sanded everything to the proper shape and feathered the forward edges. Filled a few small voids with body filler and sanded everything smooth. Sprayed the skin and fairing with filler primer. The primer showed a bunch of imperfections. Sanded them out and shot another cost of primer. Looks like there are still a number of tiny voids and pin holes. I’ll sand the primer back and decide whether I need some more body filler at that point and then shoot another coat of filler primer. Overall I’m happy with the way it’s turning out considering I’ve never done body work before. Things I learned today… Body people earn their money!
| Today’s Time (hours): | 5.0 |
| Finish Kit (hours): | 89.0 |
| Total Time (hours): | 819.0 |
I started prepping the the fuselage for painting the rollover structure. I noticed that the flush blind rivets on the top of the canopy deck had little burrs sticking up. So I filed them off. Then the burrs were gone but I didn’t like the way they looked. So after some head scratching, I decided to fill them, and sand them, and repaint. I’ve never done any body work before and I don’t think I’ll quit my day job. It tuned out pretty well though.
This completes the fuselage!
| Today’s Time (hours): | 6.0 |
| Fuselage Time (hours): | 227.5 |
| Total Time (hours): | 714.0 |
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