Taildragger Aviation Victoria Restoration Page 2

Updated 5-15-2008

Welcome to Page 2!

The interior is painted, and the new plastic trim piece is added.

The wings are through silver, then we painted them with Poly-Tone White,
waiting for the final AeroThane color

Victoria is put on her nose so we can clean the belly without breaking our backs and necks!

We built a paint booth so now we have a 'Dust Proof Paint Booth!'

We have the fuselage painted white,
and the new paint scheme pictures taped up so we
can put the original 1948 paint scheme on it.

Cowl and vertical fin parts become white. Blue to follow!

We removed the strut rod ends, and cleaned them up and lubed them up.
It was a good thing we did this, because we found that one of the rod ends was
hollowed out, and that is not legal. A new one was ordered, and now all is well.

As the small parts are painted, they are set aside.
The flaps are hanging and drying.

We have lots of pictures of a 1948 original paint scheme which we used
as patterns. The fin is masked, ready for blue!

All the rest of the parts are painted with the help of friends.

Whoopeee!!!! We have blue paint!!

The false panels are painted the same blue,
and all new rubber trim is put on.

We borrowed a cool wing rack from our neighbor, and were able
to paint the wing without resting it on saw horses.
The wings are painted with Aero-Thane and they turned out great!
After the white has dried sufficiently, the Blue numbers are painted.

The tail is put on the airplane, and the masking is removed to reveal
a super cool 1948 paint scheme! The mid-time O-200 engine is hung on
the front of the plane and the cowl is put on to check fit.

Ken, aka Lord Volt-O-Meter, wires up the panel.
Ken LOVES wiring... NOT.
Check out all the pretty new wires! The only wire that
we re-used was the battery wire and the wires to the nav lights.

Time to polish up the aluminum wing root vents and the spinner.
The wings are ready to hang.

The wings are put on.

The panel is done, lacking radios, and the seats are installed.

Do you want to see finished pictures????
Go to page three!

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