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After 4 years of flying with bare aluminum and fiberglass, I took the plunge and got 727JW painted. Having painted cars in my hotrod days, I have had my fill, plus I don't have a good facility to do this at even if I did want to tackle the project. I ended up at Sunquest Air Specialties at Paine Field (KPAE). They have done some RVs before, and were pretty easy to work with in getting the details figured out.
Paint scheme? Well, it isn't too original, but the 1930s Air Corp trainer/Stearman "blue and yellow" is one I've always liked, plus my wife Laurie and daughters Grace and Emma also approved. So, off to the "RV spa" as the girls call it for several weeks of exfoliation, skin treatment, etc, and. . . .
Here is Emma (the tomboy in her Carharrts...) modeling as I button up the last gear fairing parts prior to rollout:
Although is has been very foggy here in the Puget Sound area for several days and we did not expect it to lift, it actually did clear, so we rolled the bird out:
A short, easy flight home to Bremerton and the bird is safely in the hangar.
Now, I have to learn to be careful when working around it, and not just put tools, etc. on the skins!!
The Sunquest people were good to work with and I think I ended up with the paint job I wanted: not "show quality" (the underyling metalwork sure isn't ) but a very nice job that looks good, should wear well, with attention paid to the details, and that didn't break the bank.
Paint scheme? Well, it isn't too original, but the 1930s Air Corp trainer/Stearman "blue and yellow" is one I've always liked, plus my wife Laurie and daughters Grace and Emma also approved. So, off to the "RV spa" as the girls call it for several weeks of exfoliation, skin treatment, etc, and. . . .
Here is Emma (the tomboy in her Carharrts...) modeling as I button up the last gear fairing parts prior to rollout:
Although is has been very foggy here in the Puget Sound area for several days and we did not expect it to lift, it actually did clear, so we rolled the bird out:
A short, easy flight home to Bremerton and the bird is safely in the hangar.
Now, I have to learn to be careful when working around it, and not just put tools, etc. on the skins!!
The Sunquest people were good to work with and I think I ended up with the paint job I wanted: not "show quality" (the underyling metalwork sure isn't ) but a very nice job that looks good, should wear well, with attention paid to the details, and that didn't break the bank.