Thanks to input from my friend Gary, my stripe is wrong as I guessed. The factory drawing is wrong. The stripe should start at the center opening of the cowling grille and run down the side to the same point at the tail. The stripe is the same width as the grille slit opening.

Sure glad I noticed it looked wrong and didn’t spray it.

Between the two blue lines will be the Diana Creme stripe. I put on the tape where the plans say to apply but compared to other stinsons the stripe looks too close to the door knob. I won’t paint until I get it right.

I’m not a painter but it doesn’t look too bad. I’m afraid to take it out into the sun as you’ll see all my mistakes.

Next comes the Diana Creme stripe down the side.

The STC for the fabric says if you’re painting your airplane a red or yellow to put on a base coat of white Polytone. That’s done. So I’ll let it outgas for a few days and spray the maroon. The last photo is just a before white paint shot.

That’s the last of the instrument replacements for now. The others can wait for a while.

The original tach was faded and hard to turn so I replaced it. And if you remember from a previous post it had a radium dial so I could not send it in to be repaired. Notice the range markings and the correct tach time for this airplane; 996.5 Total Time.

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Found two on EBAY and purchased both. Checking the fit now as they mount to the wheel axle first, then bolt into the wheel pant to hold them on.

New airspeed, altimeter, and vertical speed indicator installed. Ordered a new tachometer as well.

I also have a new compass to install.

The smaller gauges will get new dials painted to match these.

I wanted seat back pockets. These will look nice