Since I am waiting on the longeron dies to complete the longerons, I decided to work on some other items. I first prepared the roll bar for the cockpit light bracket. I will probably wait to unstall it until after I have painted the roll bar.
Speaking of paint, I have been trying to decide on what paint to use on the inside. I am planning at this point to order the interior carpets and sides including in that baggage area, so not a lot will be visible, but at the same time it would be nice to have the interior all painted just in case I don't get the interior kit and just because it would be good to have a consistent color under the carpet. I tried a few sample on the trim tabs that were deformed. The 4 I tried were Rustoleum brands: 1. Dark machine grey, grey hammered, black hammered, and black textured. I also tried a matt overcoat on half of some of them to see how the matt finish would look. My conclusion is that the texture didn't go on well. Probably because I didn't practice with it enough. And although it can look good, I worry about the rough finish and cleans-ability. The hammered looked pretty good as far as texure with the first coat, but the second coat the hammered finished was reduced some. The dark machine grey went on well. So at this point I will most likely use the dark machine grey for the bulk of the inside with possibly some other colors for accents in areas. The panel I will probably use the dark hammered or possibly to a carbon panel. I will wait to decide that later.
I decided to go ahead and work on the seat backs since they wouldn't take long and would fill some time as I wait to proceed with the longerons. All the seat back parts were prepared. Several hinges were fabricated and match drilled. The parts were clecoed together and ready for riveting.
Time: 2.5 hrs.
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| Cockpit light bracket |
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| Interior paint samples |
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| Seat back parts prepped |
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| Seat back brace |
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| Seat back cleoed |
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