Hello, everyone.
I'm 80% of the way through restoring a Canadian PA-12 float/wheel plane with drooped wingtips. It's picked up the nickname "the other woman" over the years, and I've come to accept it. I'm well into ironing on the fabric (using Stewarts' Systems), and I'm starting to wonder how I'll paint it.
I was hoping to get a 40s-like look, but minimize the use of dark colours on sun-facing surfaces. As I understand: Stewarts has had no problems with sun-baked shrinkage or fading colours, but I'd rather not be the first to have those issues.
I'm considering cream coloured fuse and wings, Tennesee red leading edges, rudder & wingtips, cowl sides & bottom (top of cowl painted black for glare reasons), and wing struts, with a 2" margin around the window frames painted red as well, plus maybe 3 short gold stripes on the side of the cowl. Maybe red (land) gear legs & float struts, cream float tops with red stripes?
It isn't very creative, I'm sure you can do better. Anyone want to suggest an alternative?
I'm 80% of the way through restoring a Canadian PA-12 float/wheel plane with drooped wingtips. It's picked up the nickname "the other woman" over the years, and I've come to accept it. I'm well into ironing on the fabric (using Stewarts' Systems), and I'm starting to wonder how I'll paint it.
I was hoping to get a 40s-like look, but minimize the use of dark colours on sun-facing surfaces. As I understand: Stewarts has had no problems with sun-baked shrinkage or fading colours, but I'd rather not be the first to have those issues.
I'm considering cream coloured fuse and wings, Tennesee red leading edges, rudder & wingtips, cowl sides & bottom (top of cowl painted black for glare reasons), and wing struts, with a 2" margin around the window frames painted red as well, plus maybe 3 short gold stripes on the side of the cowl. Maybe red (land) gear legs & float struts, cream float tops with red stripes?
It isn't very creative, I'm sure you can do better. Anyone want to suggest an alternative?