When I ordered my kit at Oshkosh last year and created a project plan in late September 2011, the thought of paint seemed like it was a long way out. I contacted Jim Russell Aircraft to schedule a time in May. He asked how far along are you? I said ?just started on the empennage?, there was a brief silence on the phone. He was kind enough to book the slot ahead of time anyway. We keep in touch over the 5 months as to the progress of my build. I was still in sync with the project timeline as of Nov, Jan, and April and it was going to be close but could make the scheduled paint date. We talked 30 days before and he got a few weeks behind due to some other planes he needed some minor work. So the time did move out a 2 weeks. To be honest I didn?t mine the extra two weeks.
From my other posts I mentioned my Son Stephen and future daughter-law are artists and Sadie works in advertising. They designed the scheme together with my input. She created the rendition that Jim worked off of listed below. This has been a fun process and came out just as I had envisioned.
I arrived a Jim?s late yesterday started loading and securing the plane for the trip back to KPTW. Two and a half hours later N25DV was back home in her hanger. Pulled the trailer in the hanger for the night and will unload tonight after work.
Jim did a great job for a very fair price. I did shop many of the areas painters and I just lucked out with Jim!
Now back to work finishing avionics in the next week, finishing the final touches on the Rotax and firing her up and the DAR?s visit very soon. Hope to be flying late July or the week after Oshkosh!
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Sadie's graphic design and then she layed the graphics on top of a photo of a rv12. I dont remember the original color of this plane off the web. (Thanks to the owner and pilot for the thumbs up in my planes graphics)
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Heading back to the hanger - 3 hour drive
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Home safe and in the hanger with no scratches or incidents from the trip
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Thanks Stephen, Sadie for the design and Jim (Jim Russell aircraft) for making it a reality!
From my other posts I mentioned my Son Stephen and future daughter-law are artists and Sadie works in advertising. They designed the scheme together with my input. She created the rendition that Jim worked off of listed below. This has been a fun process and came out just as I had envisioned.
I arrived a Jim?s late yesterday started loading and securing the plane for the trip back to KPTW. Two and a half hours later N25DV was back home in her hanger. Pulled the trailer in the hanger for the night and will unload tonight after work.
Jim did a great job for a very fair price. I did shop many of the areas painters and I just lucked out with Jim!
Now back to work finishing avionics in the next week, finishing the final touches on the Rotax and firing her up and the DAR?s visit very soon. Hope to be flying late July or the week after Oshkosh!
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Sadie's graphic design and then she layed the graphics on top of a photo of a rv12. I dont remember the original color of this plane off the web. (Thanks to the owner and pilot for the thumbs up in my planes graphics)
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Heading back to the hanger - 3 hour drive
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Home safe and in the hanger with no scratches or incidents from the trip
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Thanks Stephen, Sadie for the design and Jim (Jim Russell aircraft) for making it a reality!
