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Date:  11-18-2012
Number of Hours:  4.00
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Brief Description:  Interior cockpit painting

One benefit to the standard build fuselage is being able to paint the interior cockpit pieces before they are riveted in place. In my case i'll need to do a lot of masking and painting of the finished cockpit.

Since the materials were primed before hand i will only focus on finish painting the areas that will be exposed to view in the final configuration.

In the very forward bay of the cockpit (about where your feet are) there is no interior panel to cover the sides way up there, nor is it very visible at all. I painted this area now, so i can move forward with installing the forward components such as the rudder pedals and brake lines.

Most of the baggage compartment panels are removable so those were easy to paint, however the upper side pieces are exposed so I masked off adjacent areas and painted these as well.

the paint i am using for the interior is Rustoleum hammered finish silver. I like the textured finish it provides and it seems real durable. For the removable pieces i used my HVLP air sprayer and used paint from the quart can which i thinned slightly to get it to spray. These i sprayed outside. I used the same paint in the rattle can version to paint the fixed inerior cockpit areas that i masked off. It is much more difficult to get a uniform finish with the rattle can but can be done with a few coats.
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forward cockpit portion painted that will not be hidden by interior

forward cockpit portion painted that will not be hidden by interior

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upper baggage compartment areas painted that are exposed

upper baggage compartment areas painted that are exposed

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rear baggage upper bulkhead painted and Experimental decal in place

rear baggage upper bulkhead painted and Experimental decal in place

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