Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: John Greenlee
Good Day,I had a sign painter here most of the day and he painted theregistration numbers on each wing and on one side of the rudder. He issupposed to be back Thursday and finish the rudder and paint the logoson each side of the fuselage.The registration numbers -- NX899JG are hand painted complete withgraceful curves and brush marks. KOOL! Not as 'perfect' as stenciledand sprayed numbers but looks exactly right on my brand new antiqueairplane.All fabric parts are painted. I have re-assembled the cockpit cowls towork out the coaming. Looks like a lot of fussy work. I think I willwait until after Brodhead so I can closely examine a lot of cockpits andmake up my mind exactly how to do it.Today I painted the motor cowl a few coats. Probably need to sand itout with 600 and give it another coat or two before rubbing andpolishing. I still need to: make cockpit coamings, make windscreens,paint the rest of the sheet metal, paint the struts and a few fittings,re-assemble ship and make up new jury struts. 90% done and 90% to go.JMGGood Day,I had a sign painter here most ofthe day and hepainted the registration numbers on each wing and on one side of therudder. He is supposed to be back Thursday and finish the rudderand paintthe logos on each side of the fuselage.The registration numbers -- NX899JGare handpainted complete with graceful curves and brush marks. KOOL!Not as'perfect' as stenciled and sprayed numbers but looks exactly right on mybrandnew antique airplane.All fabric parts are painted.I havere-assembled the cockpit cowls to work out the coaming. Looks likea lotof fussy work. I think I will wait until after Brodhead so I cancloselyexamine a lot of cockpits and make up my mind exactly how to doit.Today I painted the motor cowl a fewcoats. Probably need to sand it out with 600 and give it anothercoat ortwo before rubbing and polishing. I still need to: makecockpitcoamings, make windscreens, paint the rest of the sheet metal, paint thestrutsand a few fittings, re-assemble ship and make up new jury struts.90% doneand 90% to go.JMG________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: pschultz(at)uplogon.com (Paul Schultz)
I think you're going to beat me to the finish line. We have definitelymade some progress on our Christavia in the last couple of weeks. We hadthe wings on and rigged the ailerons last weekend (July 10), after waitingabout 5 weeks for a good forcast. After fooling around with trying to makethe cables all work right(the plans leave a little to be desired in thisarea) we finally got everything rigged. Unfortunately, I ran out of lightbefore I could rig the jury struts. The real stupid thing was that weforgot to get pictures!This past weekend I ended up at a self serve sand-blasting company that wefound. There I did the struts, engine mount, seat, and various otherfittings. I was quite please with being able to do everything in 30minutes rather than the 2 hours it took to do the LG legs recently.I also got word from the engine shop building my 150 hp Franklin. It'sbeen running! The best news is that I don't have to buy a new carb ormags. I had a C-150 carb that was missing the mix arm. They rebuilt it forhalfo of what a new one would cost. The other interesting thing was thatthey used the Army Surplus mags I sent them! The Frank has the same mounthole as the C-85. However, Mr. Engine-God was able to replace the fronthalf of the case with ones that fit and somehow made changes to the shaftso it worked. It was hard to understand his description over the phone.So, the 8 mags I bought were not a lost cause .Covering is going well. My wife, Renee, has the tail just about done andis ready to start on the door, ailerons and LG legs. The precoverinspection was signed off about three weeks ago. If all goes well, weshould have the plane painted by the end of Sept. I'm starting to thinkthat a '99 first flight may not materialize, but we'll be close.Ken On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, John Greenlee wrote:>snip Today I painted the motor cowl a few coats. Probably need to sand it> out with 600 and give it another coat or two before rubbing and> polishing. I still need to: make cockpit coamings, make windscreens,> paint the rest of the sheet metal, paint the struts and a few fittings,> re-assemble ship and make up new jury struts. 90% done and 90% to go. > > JMG> > > ________________________________________________________________________________