Cessna 170B Project - 2004
 

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*** Photos updated October 11, 2004 ***

Here are the shots from the paint shop. 

 In the bay with the control surfaces removed ready for stripping.

 
 Another shot - ready for stripping.
  Stripping the wings.

 Underside of one wing being stripped.

 
 Entire airframe being stripped.
 Airframe after stripping.  You can see bare metal in the tail and aft fuselage.  The light gray at the center-bottom of the fuselage is the old primer.

  Airframe all stripped and cleaned.

 
 Masking off the airframe for priming.
 Masking the instrument panel and cockpit for priming.

 Masking the aft cockpit for priming.
 Priming the fuselage and tailsurfaces.
 Another shot of priming the fuselage.  The doors are in the foreground.

 Prepping the rest of the control surfaces and cowling for priming.
 Another shot of prepping for priming.  The two flat rectangular items on milk crates in the foreground are the windows from the cockpit doors.
 Base color going on.  It looks white, but is really Light Ivory.

 Base color done, N#s on wings done.  Getting ready to paint the fuselage trim.
 Getting ready to paint the tail trim.
 Done!

 Cowl and prop detail.
 Nose detail.
 Tail detail.

 Instrument panel - sans radios.		    
  
  
Produced by Doug Mowry  
Revised: April 04, 2007 .

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