Painted the cougar today

[stingray]

I got most of the fuselage done. I think I am going to do the other stripes with vinyl this paint bleeds through too easy.

I bought a Vinyl cutter so I can either cut the colored vinyl or just paint white vinyl and then apply it.

I can also now cut "N" numbers for anyone that needs them in masking or vinyl.

Dan

 

[Rob Schaffer]

Very nice.... Great job on those numbers with the little black mask.

I've worked with vinyl on my hobbies (RC Planes), and it's a great product to work with and the talented can do quite a bit with it. Looks great and bubble free...

 

[stingray]

Very nice.... Great job on those numbers with the little black mask.

I've worked with vinyl on my hobbies (RC Planes), and it's a great product to work with and the talented can do quite a bit with it. Looks great and bubble free...

Those are painted on using a mask. The shadow is burgundy, and done freehand with fine line tape. It was after this or because of it, that I decided to get the cutter. It has not arrived yet. I will do the rest of the stripes with it. It will be far easier than painting on the plane.

Dan

 

[rottydaddy]

Lookin' good...

 

[flyersfan31]

That looks really nice. How well does the vinyl bond? Is it something you expect to replace every so often? I know Cessna used vinyl on the early Restart 172s and 182s with poor results, although you probably can't compare factory efforts with personal attention.

Looking very sharp!

 

[stingray]

That looks really nice. How well does the vinyl bond? Is it something you expect to replace every so often? I know Cessna used vinyl on the early Restart 172s and 182s with poor results, although you probably can't compare factory efforts with personal attention.

Looking very sharp!

Not sure but I find it hard to believe that they would come off. The AA-1A that I am working on has vinyl stripes and numbers they were not that easy to get off on the parts I replaced. (I removed them to see how hard they would come off) The owner wanted a different scheme. He ended up wanting flames, I told him those would have to be painted on so he gave up. I have vinyl numbers on the Bellanca and I have a vinyl decal on the Cessna.

Dan