Paintshop finally!

Now I have to admit that it is several days ago that we finally gave the plane to the paintshop.  Unfortunately our build supervisor took that moment to point out a couple of things we'd done wrong (it would have been more helpful earlier, but still, better to know I suppose).  So once we've finished our well deserved holiday it'll be back to the factory to fix up the fuel tank fillers.

We're both getting a bit tired of the build at the moment, but the windows were really fun to put in and they were the last 7 tasks we did before sending the plane off.  You glue them in with flock and hold them in place with some cable clamps that you screw to the body of the plane.  Anyway I hope that Murray Flint the painter has got the body of the plane well underway so that it can go to the trimmer (the guy who does the interior) not long after we get back.

The weather in Norfolk has been steadily improving, but the day we chose to test fit the wings with Julian's mate Nick who was visiting us at that time was less ideal.  There is a reason why planes have tie downs & it really seemed to want to undertake the first test flight on its own at times.  It's amazing how dry standing under the wings keeps you as you're frantically fitting the wing strut fairings (covers) before the storm really arrives.  So fingers crossed that the lines we drew were correct as we trimmed, fitted & marked then dashed.  Then went straight to the pub for a meal and a pint in the warmth.