Cut the ailerons to correct length and measured up all the internal cutouts and ribs. Also deburred all the ribs and plates.
Changed the color from dark green to bright orange. Dark green is nice, but it's so dark that it only looks good in sun shine. Here in Stjørdal the sun is not something that is shining all too often, and then the airplane will look too dull and dark. With orange tips and cowling, the airplane will look similar in color to the picture of the Trial further down (or ordinary Sonex polished style with orange instead of yellow). I think that will look cool, also on rainy days.
The Duplicolor turned out to be really a turn down. The finish really is nice and shining, but there is too little pigment in there. It is literally impossible to cover anything if the prepped surface is anything but white, and when the Duplicolor plastic primer is transparent, there is a problem . The tip that was partially green is impossible to get orange, and the seems in the glass fiber (dark color) shines through. I am also skeptical about duplicolor aluminium primer. I tried to sand it, and it goes off in a couple of wipes. The Jotun Yacht vinyl primer on the other hand, is 10 times as durable and can be sanded to a smooth finish. I also tried the houshold "Quick spray" primer from Scanox, it is much more durable than the Duplicolor. At least the Duralac works really well, and that is the most important thing. The Jotun Vinyl primer can be put on anything, and it can be covered with 2k paint.
I put the dimple die in the drill and sanded it to #31 size, it took ages. On the rudder about 1/3 of the stems had to be sanded a bit. From now on all countersunk skins will be #31.
Changed the color from dark green to bright orange. Dark green is nice, but it's so dark that it only looks good in sun shine. Here in Stjørdal the sun is not something that is shining all too often, and then the airplane will look too dull and dark. With orange tips and cowling, the airplane will look similar in color to the picture of the Trial further down (or ordinary Sonex polished style with orange instead of yellow). I think that will look cool, also on rainy days.
The Duplicolor turned out to be really a turn down. The finish really is nice and shining, but there is too little pigment in there. It is literally impossible to cover anything if the prepped surface is anything but white, and when the Duplicolor plastic primer is transparent, there is a problem . The tip that was partially green is impossible to get orange, and the seems in the glass fiber (dark color) shines through. I am also skeptical about duplicolor aluminium primer. I tried to sand it, and it goes off in a couple of wipes. The Jotun Yacht vinyl primer on the other hand, is 10 times as durable and can be sanded to a smooth finish. I also tried the houshold "Quick spray" primer from Scanox, it is much more durable than the Duplicolor. At least the Duralac works really well, and that is the most important thing. The Jotun Vinyl primer can be put on anything, and it can be covered with 2k paint.
I put the dimple die in the drill and sanded it to #31 size, it took ages. On the rudder about 1/3 of the stems had to be sanded a bit. From now on all countersunk skins will be #31.
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