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Old 05-24-2011, 02:13 AM
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Default Vinyl Stripes

I also like the clean (and hopefully less expensive) idea of some vinyl stripes. Does anyone have a reputable supplier and designer for this striping ?
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Old 05-24-2011, 06:38 AM
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Old 05-24-2011, 08:22 AM
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I stole the wing tip design from Pierre.


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Old 05-24-2011, 08:39 AM
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Troubled by trying to design a paint scheme for my 9A slider. Used up lots of paper to design. If you have a design, say a base color and two color stripping would be great. If you do not mind sharing, your picture would be greatly appreciated!

Ron in Oregon
I would recomend you find an artsy Industrial Design person and hire them to help. Mine charged me $100 and listened to my likes and then gave me a few choices. They have an artist's sense for colors and design that most of us techy builder type guys just don't have. Mine also recommende long straight lines for our short airplanes.
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Old 05-24-2011, 09:07 AM
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I would recomend you find an artsy Industrial Design person and hire them to help.
Maybe art student as well...? You eventually decide whether you like the result or not. And as said, the cost is near nothing compared to the paint job and paints itself.
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Old 05-24-2011, 09:30 PM
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Ron,
just a couple notes I couldn't keep to myself, FWIW.
Don't just look for -9a schemes, most any RV will give you ideas, and many will work on the 7 & 9 for sure.
A base colour can look pretty with vinyl striping, but you'd be wise to avoid the fibreglas pieces. They are fibreglas because they have a lot of compound curves, which is difficult to impossible to apply vinyl to, in a nice way.
if you are hangaring, then the vinyl will last as long as the paint.... if outside, it will weather to varying degrees depending on sun exposure.
If you paint the cowl or wingtips a second colour, then nice accents can be added in vinyl, without masking off the entire plane again. Narrow stripes can follow some compound curves much easier than large areas.
hope this makes sense....it comes from almost 3 years of agonizing over what to do with my 1 colour -9a!........still 'cool vanilla' and nothing else.
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Old 05-24-2011, 11:20 PM
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Perry good point about the vinyl on the fiberglass,did not know that. thanks. Jeff up above has a paint scheme just like the others in the beginning of my question.Nice paint scheme & paint job Jeff. I'am getting to love that scheme. Ted you gave two sites to check and I appreciated those pictures. Seems people have a flow about themselves where when you see a scheme and it jumps out at you or you grow to appreciate lines as they flow.Guys thanks for all the ideas and if you still have pictures feel free to post. Looks like the posts got lots of hits and thats a good thing. Thanks again everybody.
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Old 05-25-2011, 05:33 AM
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Default Wheel Pants

In my process of collecting pictures of RV paint jobs that appeal to me, I see many with solid-color wheel pants....no stripes or accents. This can be a preferance thing or to make re-painting a dinged-up pant easier. (more of a concern when flying off of grass strips)
If you wanted to make the re-painting easier AND have the accent stripes, you could use matching vinyl graphics, even if the rest of your plane was all paint. When the wheel pant need re-painting, just put some heat to the vinyl to remove it and re-paint. Apply a new set of vinyl accent stripes when finished.
Have your vinyl graphics suppler make you a couple of extra sets for future use. (Cost should be less because of one set-up charge.)
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I also like the clean (and hopefully less expensive) idea of some vinyl stripes. Does anyone have a reputable supplier and designer for this striping ?
Screaming Aero Graphics in Ocala, FL has done serveral RVs. I had him do my Diamond DA20. http://www.screamingaero.com/

I recommend a nice white as a base with vinyl graphics. You can change the scheme anytime you want. You could also paint striping or add color later....

All of the Diamond Aircraft are painted white with vinyl striping. Even their $700k Twin Star.......I am having a local company do my latest DA20 project. Any good experienced graphics company can do the work......
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Old 05-25-2011, 06:48 AM
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Default Vinyl Ghosts?

Has anyone ever changed their vinyl graphics out after a period of time?

What little experience I have had with them over paint, is when they are removed, there is still a ghost image left where the paint had never experienced any UV, hence the rest of the part had faded or changed colors.

This may or may not be a big deal, but it's one of the things I've thought about as I get ready to paint.
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