Several layers of paint.  The top coat was red and cream while underneath that was brown and cream.  Then under the brown and cream was another red and cream.  The finally the blue and cream with the green primer under that coat.  It took a lot of stripper and sanding to get it off.  Still not completely finished but I’m done for the night.

I removed all the paint from the left side fuselage shroud.

Stripping the left side fuselage shroud.  

I was able to work on the left side door today.  Removed the rest of the red/blue/creme paint.

I power washed the wheel pants, too.  The insides look better but there are a lot of dents to remove.

Here’s a short video of the bird stuff in the stab.

The link above will take you to YouTube.

Wow, lots of bird nests in the horizontal stab!  Marie and I power washed the rudder, elevators, and the horizontal stab all afternoon, cleaning out lots of nesting material.  The good news is I didn’t see any corrosion on first glance.  I will use a light and mirror tomorrow and see what’s going on inside.

Also I have some video to post of the nesting material.

Two items to watch for on our trip to Oshkosh this year, the Starter and the Carburetor.

Starter is a Delco 1109651

Carb is a Marvel MA-4-5

But still get to hang around old airplanes.  An OX-5 Jenny engine and a Curtiss Jenny hanging from the ceiling in Dallas, TX.

A simple item that didn’t take much time to do but needs to be done.

I found some paint stripper from work that will easily remove paint so I tried it tonight and all six cans clogged up!  Not my evening so I quit for the night.  However, one can worked for a while and I was able to remove some paint.  It’s a start.