The airplane has been flying about 8 months with over 90 hours accumulated during the Phase 2 period. My scheduled slot has now come due, so N190XB was off to the shop for final painting to include Sapphire Blue upper section and Pharoahs Gold accent striping.
Chemical Strip
Metal prep and alodine application…
PPG primer applied…
Base coat of PPG Snow White applied…
Elevator and wingtip masking stripe layouts…
Wheel pant and fuselage masking stripe layouts…
Rudder, elevators and pants masks for gold accent application…
Fuselage masked for gold accent stripe application…
After gold accents, then upper fuselage blue…
Initial reveal after masks removed…
After control surfaces installed. The plane was then ferried back to home base for installation of the wheels pants.
Assembly complete, ready for the next flights…
The day following final assembly was beautiful, just perfect to refresh my instrument rating to get current again. Now the real flying can begin in earnest.
MISC
Color match card and 3M buffing compound (for windshield cleanup and repair).
