May 1, 2005

Today, I finished up wet sanding the panel, and took it to the hangar to touch up the areas where I’d got carried away and sanded off too much (down to the metal!). I’m quite pleased with how it’s turned out after the disaster with the paint spraying last week! I’ve been sanding it over the past week a bit at a time coz it gives me sore arms and I need to be really patient to get this thing to turn out tip top!

So the panel is practically finished from a priming standpoint. Next I need to paint the final colour! Here in the picture, you can see the darker areas where I’ve touched it up. I need to wet sand these areas and then we’re ready for paint. As you can see, the orange peel is gone. The rivets have completely disappeared, which is tough to see in this picture.

I need to go ahead and order up some Letraset custom transfers for everything I need on the panel. I could probably do it all OK with the lettering I have, but it will be much harder to keep it all lined up. Maybe I’ll have a go with the individual letters first, and if it’s too hard, then I’ll order up a custom sheet.