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tshort
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Getting back in

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Well, somehow the months strung together and I've now put in almost 4 years away from the -8 project. Job got busy, got married, moved ... now finally settling in and getting the new shop set up.

So, back at it ... will be hitting you guys up for advice!

T.
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Most excellent!! Welcome back! :thumbsup:

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Post by captain_john »

THOMAS!!!

Good to see you back!

I am glad that you are in the groove once again. So am I after a bit of a hiatus. I don't plan in getting married anytime soon though. I don't feel the need to break into jail again anytime soon! hahaha

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Post by Bob Barrett »

Glad to see you back! We need some active builders again. I still get the itch to be building another one but my pocket book and the definitely better half dictate otherwise. My wife says go ahead but doing it from a casket is more difficult :P

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Post by cjensen »

Hey Thomas!! Glad to see you're intent to get back in to building! I came across a post of yours on here sometime around Christmas, and wondered what you were up to...hoping you were still building the 8!

Good to hear from ya man!
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Post by tshort »

Thanks guys!

Dad came over today and helped me finish painting the new shop ... next to hang the lights and then hopefully back to working on the -8.

Getting to the tough part ... the decision part, where there aren't instructions and plans to help me along. Pretty sure I'm gonna go with an IO-375 and WW prop, but then there's the avionics...

Glad to be back on board!!
Thomas Short
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Post by cjensen »

Excellent!

Post some pics of the new shop when you can... 8)
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Post by clreding »

Tom
I'm in exactly the same place with my 8 as well. Lots of little things to decide on. I'll start posting more along with some pictures ( if I can figure out what I'm doing wrong ) if you can do the same to help each other out....

Speaking of helping out. I'm just installing the fuel and break lines and as I look at this I also want to paint the inside. When did people paint? Should I finish installing everything, then take it all back out and paint? It dosnt look like I have much in the way of drilling through anything I can't just take out. I'm thinking I should paint the cockpit now, paint that floor and consoles separately and install once, comments?

Did any of you put washers under screw heads for floor and console components? Seems like a good idea but dosnt show in the plans, thoughts?

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I've seen various opinions on when to paint, but it seems to me that the more stuff you install before you do, the more difficult it will be to either take it all out, or mask and tape it all up before you shoot the paint. On mine, I painted the parts as I went along in the build before riveting it together. It worked great! But it's too late in your case. I'd paint ASAP, from what I'm hearing.
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Post by clreding »

Bruce
Thanks for the reply. I think I'll stop and paint before going further.

Tom didn't mean to hijack the thread. But I'm looking forward to sharing ideas with you since we seem to be at similar points in the build

And yes I'll post pictures......

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clreding wrote:Bruce
Tom didn't mean to hijack the thread.
Not at all.

I've been pondering when to paint, too. Also trying to decide what to use... I saw pictures of someone who did the interior in the AKZO primer. That's what I've used on some inside parts, and it is super tough. Would be kind of a military look. What do you guys think?

I'll put up some shop pics when I get the painting and lights done...

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I used Sherwin Williams JetFlex on my interior. It's water-based, so there are many advantages. No fumes, water clean-up, no paint booth needed. If you mess something up, you can wash it off and start over if you act quickly enough. I could go on and on. I love this stuff. It comes in a matt finish, so there are no glaring reflections in your cabin. And when it cures for a few days, it gets rock hard!
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Post by tmbg »

I'm about to paint my interior... I bought a quart kit (makes 2.5qt) of polyfiber stits epoxy primer in white, and I had it tinted just slightly gray. I'll report back when it's done with pics :)
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we like pictures
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Post by tmbg »

The lighting is pretty odd in the pictures, but the epoxy primer came out quite nice... I'm very satisfied with the gray and the sheen.

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Post by Spike »

Nice :thumbsup:

I always thought grey was a great colour to have in an aircraft interior.

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