Spraying the lift struts.
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Spraying the lift struts.
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Fresh air mask I made for use with polyurethane paints.
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Inside view of the mask.
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Air from a SCUBA cylinder is fed in though the pipe at the top and flows down
and out past your chin.
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I made this spray booth by hanging clear plastic on a wooden frame. |

My spray booth extraction fan fitted with irrigation mist jets.
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The curtain of water removes solids from the extracted air, saving the neighbours
cars from the overspray!
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Another angle on the water curtain.
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Wet sanding the dope on the fuselage at night under spotlights. Building
time is hard to find.
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Wet sanding the dope on the fuselage at night.
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More sanding.
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The fuselage and wings doped up to the UV blocking silver dope. The white dope
will follow.
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Fuselage and wings now doped to white.
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Blue trim and registration letters applied to wings.
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Fuselage still waiting for trim lines. |

Fuselage with trim and registration letters.
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Wings attached to fuselage. Note the tailwheel ramp to keep the plane level on my sloping driveway.
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This looks like I tried to land in my driveway and couldn't stop!
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A view from inside the garage. |

Close up of the wing/fuzz junction. |

With the wings folded back it just fits into the garage. |

Strut fairings are the PVC Kitfox fairings supplied by Skystar. |

Jury strut fairings are made from balsa wood covered with Solartex. |