Original Posted By: lshutks(at)webtv.net (Leon Stefan)
Glenn wrote->Take a short video of the plane (or the ground from the air) some time.Well, I don't know how to do videos and probably won't mess with it unless a cinematographer wants to ride along with me and do it. I do better painting word pictures than making videos, and this airplane sure gives me plenty of material to paint my pictures with. You get the full effect of all senses with this airplane, although I must admit that I have yet to catch a bug in my teeth and engage my sense of taste ;o) There are several splattered on the windscreens, though.>Lucky for you, your Piet IS one of the beauty queens.Honestly, Corky did finish the airplane up very nicely but my objective in the repairs has not been to maintain it in a meticulous level of finish. I am reminded that this airplane was conceived and designed by a farm boy, built on a farm using readily available materials, was intended to operate out of barnyards and farm fields, and all of this was way before Stits, air compressors, vinyl graphics, AN hardware, computers, and all the rest of it.I painted my fabric patches using horsehair brushes working straight out of the Poly-Tone can, or else I used Rust-Oleum rattle cans from Lowe's if the color matched close enough. If you approach the airplane any closer than about 20 ft., you might as well not start looking for flaws because you'll never stop finding them. It's a clean and simple job but no award winner. I don't want people to feel like they can't approach or touch it; quite the contrary, and I don't want to have to cordon it off at fly-ins. If you don't feel the wood and fabric on this airplane, you never know what a Pietenpol really is, do you? If things break, I can fix 'em, patch 'em, paint 'em, or do 'em over. And I sure know how to use a horsehair brush but a spray gun is a lot of hassle to me.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net_________________________________________________________________With tax season right around the corner, make sure to follow these few simple tips. http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Ta ... __________