The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

[Decal Dennis]

Well today I pulled the Edge out of the shop since I was feeling cramped and got to work on that nasty wrinkled covering..

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Didn't get a before pic but this was after working it for about half an hour. Most of this will be covered by the wing so I'm not going to worry about it anymore.

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Cut out the vent holes too. Biggest pain in the ass is cutting out the holes and keeping the covering looking NEAT...

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Finally, went over the rest of the covering with the iron around the edges/trim and the heat gun LIGHTLY in the middle areas. She's ready to get a whole lot more expensive

I do want to paint the gear black, and will need to do something about the big mono color cowl...

One thing I wish these companies would concentrate on more is......make the painted parts match better, at least within a couple of shades.

 

[stangflyer]

Lots of work to the big Yak.



Still lots more to go.

 

[Xpress]

One thing I wish these companies would concentrate on more is......make the painted parts match better, at least within a couple of shades.

The paint shading actually matches very well, it's just the picture that makes it look off. I'm sure paint also reacts differently to the heat of the engine and sunlight than covering does, so over time they tend to stray off of matching.

 

[Jetpainter]

As a guy that matches paint for a living, I can say that the green cowl on my Pilot edge is a terrible match to the covering, but I'm waaaaaay to lazy to fix it.

 

[pawnshopmike]

It's raining to hard to walk out to my workshop.

 

[HRRC Flyer]

What's wrong @pawnshopmike, you won't melt will you? . . . . .

 

[acerc]

In the past week I have installed electrical, insulation, hung drywall, and installed the a/c. This getting old ain't for sissies!!!! It should be ready to go by the end of next week, I hope, I have a lot of r/c stuff to catch up on.

 

[pawnshopmike]

In the past week I have installed electrical, insulation, hung drywall, and installed the a/c. This getting old ain't for sissies!!!! It should be ready to go by the end of next week, I hope, I have a lot of r/c stuff to catch up on.

DAMN! You ain't messing around. You got right to work on that baby. Looking good!

 

[pawnshopmike]

What's wrong @pawnshopmike, you won't melt will you? . . . . .

Lol. I just might!

Biggest problem is, my yard is already super soft from previous rain. Add the 8 inches of rain we are in the middle of and it's really a swamp. Guess I could hop in the car and drive around to the back but I've already parked my butt on the couch with a full belly and cold one in hand.

 

[Decal Dennis]

It's raining to hard to walk out to my workshop.

It's not that far, build a covered walk way out to it, but the trick is....it needs to swing out of the way for flying