Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:43 pm
#1819804
If I wanted to repaint a piper L-4 cub into a more authentic shade of olive drab and apply a different set of marking's, what and how can I do this from a legal point of view and does whether it is a permit to fly or CofA aircraft affect this or indeed G or F reg?
Ideally I would want to paint it myself, both to save cost and because I prefer hands on approach - the aim is to replicate a mass produced wartime type of finish and not paint it to ferrari standards of perfection. For sure I ain't spending 40k to repaint a 45k cub and clearly my repaint won't much if any value so its all money down the drain.
What's roughly cheapest I could get it done professionally as a sanity check
What types of paint am I allowed to use ? Can I use something single mix like a modern cellulose equivalent or even car paints
Why? The whole reason for doing this is because some of the L-4 I see are not right from a visual point of view and most have the almost obligatory D Day markings - I won't bore too much and yes many on here will scoff but for historical accuracy freaks the more glaringly obvious things can be:
1) stars and bars which scream im a stuck on decal rather than spray or hand painted and in too bright blue due to printing limitations and/or due to subsequent ink fade?
2) almost mandatory D Day markings that are milimetric perfect and totally opaque , when in reality many were daubed on freehand the night before D Day with a mop.
3) olive drab shade wrong or too shiny
Ideally I would want to paint it myself, both to save cost and because I prefer hands on approach - the aim is to replicate a mass produced wartime type of finish and not paint it to ferrari standards of perfection. For sure I ain't spending 40k to repaint a 45k cub and clearly my repaint won't much if any value so its all money down the drain.
What's roughly cheapest I could get it done professionally as a sanity check
What types of paint am I allowed to use ? Can I use something single mix like a modern cellulose equivalent or even car paints
Why? The whole reason for doing this is because some of the L-4 I see are not right from a visual point of view and most have the almost obligatory D Day markings - I won't bore too much and yes many on here will scoff but for historical accuracy freaks the more glaringly obvious things can be:
1) stars and bars which scream im a stuck on decal rather than spray or hand painted and in too bright blue due to printing limitations and/or due to subsequent ink fade?
2) almost mandatory D Day markings that are milimetric perfect and totally opaque , when in reality many were daubed on freehand the night before D Day with a mop.
3) olive drab shade wrong or too shiny