April 2 - Painting on Invasion Stripes | ||||||
| It may not look like much, but it took me over six hours to tape and paper over the white so Bruce could spray on the black stripes. | ||||||
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Ready to spray on the black. | ||||||
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| The stripes go like this: white - black - white - black -white. | ||||||
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The insignia is under there somewhere. | ||||||
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| Perfect weater for painting: warm (low 70s), sunny with light winds. | ||||||
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| Bruce getting ready to spray the black. | ||||||
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| The black is on. It took about ten minutes to remove the tape and paper it took hours to put over the white. | ||||||
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Bruce spraying the clear. We used the Omni base coat
- clear coat paint system. | ||||||
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Afterwards, Bruce took the Cub for a spin around the
pattern. Here, he's coming in for a landing. There was a big
goose who didn't like sharing "his" runway. | ||||||
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| Bruce greases it on. | ||||||
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| The irate Goose takes flight. | ||||||
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| The goose says "I'm outta here." | ||||||
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