Scale Pitts S1-T, S1-S, and a Challenger.

[acerc]

Everything was ironed smooth then the second coat was applied. Next will be a 50/50 coat, 50 poly and 50 MEK. I like to call this the melt coat because it goes on real wet and really melts everything together.

 

[acerc]

And then the poly spray, something of color, woo hoo. I will give it a second coat in a bit and that will do it for the night. Tomorrow will come the sanding and not having used pinking tape it is in need of a lot. I won't do another one without at least perimeter tape.

 

[acerc]

And the second coat, tomorrow will be sanding, sanding, and more sanding.

 

[stangflyer]

That looks awesome. Can't wait to see some color.

 

[acerc]

This sucks, I am on the fourth coat of high fill primer. It is getting better but the lap is still visible, look's as though there is going to be some somewhat showing. But I can live with it as long as it look's good, neat and clean. With all this sanding and getting the glass part's prepped I doubt I will get any white on it today.

 

[Jetpainter]

What covering and primer did you use?

 

[acerc]

The covering and paint system is Stits, there is not a primer per say. The silver is the poly spray, is sand able but is primarily for opacity. The actual primer I am using to fill these laps with is Duplicolor high fill primer.

 

[acerc]

Everything is just about done, about an hour in the morning and I should be ready to spray white.
The line's are not gone but the one's visible while sitting on it's gear are much cleaner.

 

[acerc]

Every once in a while this old dog learns a new trick. Some time back Stits told me I could use parchment paper to iron directly on the poly spray without causing harm. You know, those pesky little corner bubble's and the such. Well, I was ironing a couple of those down when I noticed the lap in the fabric had nearly disappeared. So onward with some tries and low and behold the heating apparently melds the outer lap into or flush with the poly spray. I have already done the tail surfaces, all of an hour it took. This method is a whole lot easier, as well as leaps and bounds a better finish.
Now, I am happy with the finish and will be much more comfortable going to color knowing it will look so much better.

 

[acerc]

Everything has a white hue, that's all that is needed to brighten the yellow. I will give it about two hours to cure well, then put the panels and cowl on, mark where the yellow goes, and late this evening I will spray the yellow.