New paint job... Before, during and after

[Joe Larussa]

Just brought my baby back home. Here’s a few pics.

[pirate]

Very nice! 

[carusoam]

Nice job Joe!

You kept it secret so well! 

Thanks for sharing the pics.

Best regards,

-a-

[ArtVandelay]

Nice, but where’s the before picture? First picture I see is during (strip). If you don’t mind me asking, where and how much?


Tom

[INA201]

Looks great! 

[Danb]

Stunning 

[Joe Larussa]

4 hours ago, ArtVandelay said:

Nice, but where’s the before picture? First picture I see is during (strip). If you don’t mind me asking, where and how much?


Tom

Somehow it ended up the last pic but here it is again. I had it done at Corona Aircraft Painting. Cost was about 14,000.

[skydvrboy]

I look at some of these before pictures and think, man, I'd love to have a paint job that nice.  Of course looking at the after pictures, I just think "WOW!"

@Joe Larussa The only thing you missed was updating your avatar! 

[ArtVandelay]

Somehow it ended up the last pic but here it is again. I had it done at Corona Aircraft Painting. Cost was about 14,000.

It was early this morning, I didn’t notice the last picture
Did you draw them a picture, show them a picture of a plane you liked, or use professional scheme designer? Did they paint the landing gear without disassembly? Is there a reason people use white on the gear, I would think a darker color would hide the dirt?


Tom

[Joe Larussa]

5 hours ago, ArtVandelay said:

It was early this morning, I didn’t notice the last picture
Did you draw them a picture, show them a picture of a plane you liked, or use professional scheme designer? Did they paint the landing gear without disassembly? Is there a reason people use white on the gear, I would think a darker color would hide the dirt?


Tom

Honestly I was looking for ideas on Google and found a plane back east I loved. Also a pic from one of our Mooneyspace

guys. I combined both ideas and gave pics to the paint shop. He got it pretty darn close. I wanted the gear white because I thought it 

would be a good contrast with the red gear doors.

[steingar]

Shiny.

[jetdriven]

Looks great!  Just needs some

dead bugs on the windshield 

[MooneyMitch]

Awesome!!  Have fun each time you open your hangar door !! 

[fantom]

4 hours ago, Joe Larussa said:

....a pic from one of our Mooneyspace guys....

 

We know who that guy is 

Job looks wonderful, as does the white gear. Congrats... 

[Joe Larussa]

3 hours ago, fantom said:

We know who that guy is 

Job looks wonderful, as does the white gear. Congrats... 

Haha! Yep!

[kris_adams]

beautiful for sure!

[Seymour]

Gorgeous!   And a nice price, too. 

How long did the job take?   (My avatar is still waiting for my paint shop to finish - strip and prime completed so far.....)

[Joe Larussa]

29 minutes ago, Seymour said:

Gorgeous!   And a nice price, too. 

How long did the job take?   (My avatar is still waiting for my paint shop to finish - strip and prime completed so far.....)

Thanks! It took roughly 6 weeks.

[carusoam]

Proof... you can’t rush greatness...   

-a-

[TargetDriver]

Tons of work there, but it turned out beautiful !!  I love the new paint designs.   She looks like a $1 million dollar new one!

R

[Seymour]

On 12/19/2019 at 4:19 PM, Joe Larussa said:

Thanks! It took roughly 6 weeks.

 

On 12/22/2019 at 8:50 AM, carusoam said:

Proof... you can’t rush greatness...

Since mine has taken more than twice that time (so far) it should be absolutely amazing, right?   

[ArtVandelay]

Since mine has taken more than twice that time (so far) it should be absolutely amazing, right?   

Sounds like your plane is not being worked on: maybe a more expensive job came up or they took on too much work.


Tom

[carusoam]

What’s the temps in Fitchburg lately?

Heating the paint hangar must be interesting.

Best regards,

-a-

[Joe Larussa]

22 hours ago, Seymour said:

 

Since mine has taken more than twice that time (so far) it should be absolutely amazing, right?   

Yikes! Are they sending you pics of its progress? I asked for pics at various stages so I could be sure we were on the same page. I was always surprised when I got them and was like “ Holy crap, it’s actually getting done!”

[Jeev]

BEAUTIFUL!!