bonal Posted January 1, 2018 Report Posted January 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, aviatoreb said: I think Elvis Presley sang Blue Moon? Just what I was thinking, can you post a pic of the airplane before work started Quote
bonal Posted January 1, 2018 Report Posted January 1, 2018 Oh wait, I just looked again at first post to see what was wrong with the "ugly" prop and realized which Mooney this is. Ugly prop yeah right! Quote
aviatoreb Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Posted January 1, 2018 26 minutes ago, bonal said: Oh wait, I just looked again at first post to see what was wrong with the "ugly" prop and realized which Mooney this is. Ugly prop yeah right! Good - idea. Here's some pictures from before. And her old identify as N10933. It wasn't bad but the paint was getting a fair bit faded and some chips and a bit tired. I could fake it with massive doses of wax but to my eye I could see it was a 20 year old paid job. Also see the gap on the nose cone was not quite right, but most of all the diameter was not right. In the first picture on this thread, the one with the yellow tape on the nose cone, you can see that I had the nose cone replaced during this period of painting and the tape is there to show me the new diameter is much better. It's also getting new windows all around. Its not all blue - but mostly blue. More soon. 1 Quote
Hank Posted January 1, 2018 Report Posted January 1, 2018 That's a really pretty blue! Be sure and post a picture in bright sunlight so we can get the full sparkle effect. 1 Quote
Seth Posted January 1, 2018 Report Posted January 1, 2018 Erik - can’t wait to experience in person! I know pictures won’t do justice with the sparkle/shimmering effect. -Seth 1 Quote
aviatoreb Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Posted January 3, 2018 Next installment - so you see Kona Blue is the base color throughout. 3 1 Quote
N6758N Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 As I was driving home last night a streak of blue caught my eye on I-95, I glanced over and sure enough a mustang in the Kona Blue color, I couldn't keep my eyes off it! Great color choice Erik! 1 Quote
aviatoreb Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Posted January 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, N6758N said: As I was driving home last night a streak of blue caught my eye on I-95, I glanced over and sure enough a mustang in the Kona Blue color, I couldn't keep my eyes off it! Great color choice Erik! :-). Thanks! Thats what happened when I saw it at a car dealer. It is really something in the daylight too. I like that its a chameleon color and has a lot of different looks in different kinds of light. 2 Quote
steingar Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 On 1/1/2018 at 10:17 AM, aviatoreb said: I think Elvis Presley sang Blue Moon? I was thinking more along these lines: 1 Quote
aviatoreb Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Posted January 3, 2018 2 hours ago, steingar said: I was thinking more along these lines: Blue by you! Quote
cbarnes403 Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 Excellent color choice, going to look great! 1 Quote
Hank Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 1 hour ago, aviatoreb said: Blue by you! Ahem . . . "Blue Bayou" 1 Quote
aviatoreb Posted January 4, 2018 Author Report Posted January 4, 2018 31 minutes ago, cbarnes403 said: Excellent color choice, going to look great! Thanks! Quote
aviatoreb Posted January 4, 2018 Author Report Posted January 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Hank said: Ahem . . . "Blue Bayou" Blue by you: It's a Mooney Rocket. 1 Quote
Hank Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 Just now, aviatoreb said: Blue by you: It's a Mooney Rocket. You'll really go by my C . . . . . 1 Quote
aviatoreb Posted January 4, 2018 Author Report Posted January 4, 2018 39 minutes ago, Hank said: You'll really go by my C . . . . . Cuz it’s blue. Quote
Hank Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 1 hour ago, aviatoreb said: Cuz it’s blue. No, it's off-white and four shades of red. Oh, you meant your plane is blue! 1 Quote
aviatoreb Posted January 7, 2018 Author Report Posted January 7, 2018 And now you get an idea of the design. The yellow is just masking tape of course. See lots of simple straight lines so mostly its a blue plane with the idea that the strength of the paint itself would be the idea of the paint job. I had a classic Shelby Cobra in mind when I thought I wanted to go this way and I figured straight lines at 90 degrees from the nose would be a fun way to offset the four blade prop. And checkers. The tail is Matt black with checkers. 4 Quote
aviatoreb Posted January 7, 2018 Author Report Posted January 7, 2018 The NACA scoops are Matt black too. Quote
aviatoreb Posted January 7, 2018 Author Report Posted January 7, 2018 (edited) This is the Ford Mustang I was looking at and showed the painter when I was dreaming designs and picking the color. I figured muscle car look for a muscle car of airplanes look. Edited January 7, 2018 by aviatoreb 1 Quote
mike_elliott Posted January 7, 2018 Report Posted January 7, 2018 1 hour ago, aviatoreb said: And now you get an idea of the design. The yellow is just masking tape of course. See lots of simple straight lines so mostly its a blue plane with the idea that the strength of the paint itself would be the idea of the paint job. I had a classic Shelby Cobra in mind when I thought I wanted to go this way and I figured straight lines at 90 degrees from the nose would be a fun way to offset the four blade prop. And checkers. The tail is Matt black with checkers. Did you pay royalities on the tail scheme 1 Quote
MB65E Posted January 7, 2018 Report Posted January 7, 2018 The race stripes worked out well over the tail! Looks great!! Hopefully you don't need to buy the car too. Now, who is the owner of the Shark mouthed 182!! Lol. -Matt Quote
aviatoreb Posted January 7, 2018 Author Report Posted January 7, 2018 (edited) 39 minutes ago, mike_elliott said: Did you pay royalities on the tail scheme Yup! Of course I did- I contacted the rightful owner of speed-checkers, this guy Speed Racer, and we worked out a deal: Edited January 7, 2018 by aviatoreb 1 Quote
mike_elliott Posted January 7, 2018 Report Posted January 7, 2018 On 1/3/2018 at 5:51 PM, aviatoreb said: Blue by you! huhhhh you mean "blew by you" 2 Quote
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