CJ Paint Update.

Moving Along!

Can anyone spare a few hundred gallons of Jet-A? Thats my home in the background.

Toys in the back yard.

My strategy was to shoot sections at a time, utilizing the natural seams in the airplane. Seems to work well, but slows things down a lot.

The paint supply house did an excellent job of matching the colors to the original.

Belly is done, tail feathers are done, but I will have to redo the vertical stab. Long story.

I wish I would have removed my GPS from in there first.

Proper lighting is essential, unless you dont want to see your screwups...argh!

Primed and papered. Getting ready to shoot.

Just gotta remove the canopies and finish the bottom

This is one messy job.

First I stripped the cowls

CJ Paint Project.

I finnaly broke down and decided my CJ needed a paint job, and I figure I could do it myself rather than pay someone $10 to $15k for it.

I'm learning a lot, most of which is that I'lll never do this again!

I felt my homeowners insurance rates going up as he flew by.

Groundloop......These things dont ground loop.

A painted TW for a change

Naked Tail Craig Payne

My Neigbor Rich

He really like to play the part doesnt he!

Pappy