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Jan Z: I see you are paining over a new paint job. I am doing the same thing right now. The right colour and design can make or break the finished product. The first coupe I had was polished, with yellow wings and tail, with black trim. Everybody loved it. If you would like, I could e-mail you a picture of the plane. I spent many hours working out what I though was just the right combination of colour and design, and was very pleased with the result. The 415-C I have now was painted in much the same layout, only it was in light and dark green, with white lightning on the side. It also looked very sharp. That was fourteen years ago, and I just bought the plane back from the fellow I sold it to thirteen years ago. The plane is in very good condition, but the paint was getting tired. I've got the wings off and it's home in my shop. The paint is all off (except on the fabric wings). I was going to do it the same colour again, but got thinking about it. As of now, it's going camouflage!! Yes, that's right, a mid tan with a medium dark muddy green. The undersides will be a very light grey. The spinner, wing leading edge, and rudder leading edges will be bright yellow. A wide white band around the fusalage in front of the tail, and large white letters on either side of the large, red, white, and blue rondels which are also outlined in yellow. Same rondels on the wings, red and white and blue bars on front half of the rudder about ten inches tall. The rear of the rudders are three inch horizontal black and white stripes. I also hope to polish the prop. The fairings will be left off the main gear, and the gear will be silver (I've flown with these off and it makes no noticeable difference). The upper engine cowling from the windshield to the nose will be flat black. I know this may sound like a hodge-podge of colour, but I have a good sized book on comouflage, and the paint scheme is similar to that used on the British Spitfire. All I'm lacking is about 1200 HP. If nothing else, it should be good for a few laughs or draw a little anti-aircraft fire. Jon Page __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A http://www.topica.com/t/17 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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