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02-06-2010, 07:04 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Davenport, IA
Posts: 1,390
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Final Paint of My RV-12
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02-06-2010, 07:22 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Napa, Calif
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Looks good so far Marty. I'm curious on what kind of price they quoted you. I was going to paint mine with the help of a local painter till they changed the regs in our fine state. All body and paint shops are required to use water based paint in the Bay area. I was going to use Jet Glo but the new regs prevent them from using their booths with anything but water based. I've gotten 2 quotes from aircraft paint shops. One is a flat $8100 from a shop in Salinas. The second is from one in Lincoln that painted a friends early 172. It was a first rate job.(he won an award at Oskosh last year.) They quoted a range of $5800-$8000 depending on how fancy the scheme is. With my proposed scheme it should be around $6500.
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02-06-2010, 09:55 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Davenport, IA
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Their prices are much more reasonable. See their website, prices are posted and give Denis a call for a quote, see www.euroairaviation.com Tell him you are a fellow RV-12 builder. Send a photo of your scheme.
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02-12-2010, 02:16 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Napa, Calif
Posts: 274
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Looking good Marty
I will be interested to see your finished paint job. I drove up and met with Terry, the owner of Kracon Aircraft paint in Lincoln Ca. I was very impressed with his operation. We talked colors and schemes for quite a while. Of course, since I didn't have a note from my wife authorizing the final color choice, I will have to wait on that. I did leave a deposit to hold a date for him to do mine.
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02-12-2010, 02:43 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Irvine, CA
Posts: 873
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Looks really nice Marty. Did they paint it with the wings on? I would have thought on a 12 it would be easier to paint with the wings off, especially on the bottom side of the wings.
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Mark
RV-12iS Fuselage
RV-9A Project: Sold
VAF donation made for 2020
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02-12-2010, 02:52 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Davenport, IA
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Painting should be complete next week. I saw the plane a few days ago. The accent colors were being applied. As such the plane was completely masked. Hard to visualize the complete paint scheme.
The wings were painted with them installed. Denis painted the RV-12 as he paints a production plane. As my wings will remain installed, it did not matter to me.
I am sure Denis will be posting more pictures on his website soon. He is a joy to talk to and deal with. I am very happy so far.
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02-12-2010, 05:23 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Marietta, Ga.
Posts: 220
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paint shops
Looks good, Marty. I think we'll be going with "Wild White"...with some Wal-Mart flame decals :-)
I noticed you pulled your cowl and canopy but left the wings on. I think we'll be doing wings-off and canopy and cowl on.
Meade
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02-13-2010, 08:25 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: West Ossipee, NH
Posts: 141
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Looking good Marty! Dying to see the final results. I'll be painting mine myself with maybe some assistance from a professional painter that lives near me.
Art Pennanen
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02-13-2010, 08:32 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,378
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Mark
I negotiated $6000 for mine. There is some hidden desire by painters to be first to put their name on a new model. In my part of the country (Texas) that is a good price for a quality job. I had more than one other painter discover I had a new 12 and offered to match that price. I got the one I wanted...in fact he called Thursday and said he was ready for me. Friday we had 12 inches of snow (a record for Dallas). Today, freezing fog. Arrrgggg.
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02-16-2010, 09:20 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Davenport, IA
Posts: 1,390
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Final Pictures
Final Pictures posted.
http://euroairaviation.com/marty-rv12.html
Will drive up to EuroAir Aviation in Reedsburg, WI with John Bender the next day and give it an up-close inspection. Looks good from the pictures. Will post my comments after the visit.
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