Mon Aug 26, 2013 1:07 pm
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Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:01 pm
JohnTerrell wrote:It's a gorgeous aircraft! I believe it's one of the limited number of Mustang restorations that has the wings 'profiled' - rivets/panel lines carefully filled, wings sanded smooth, and painted - as done in original production.
Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:36 pm
Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:37 pm
51fixer wrote:The profiling is gone. Some filler departed the lower wing surface a few months ago and they elected to remove all the paint and filler prior to the decision to sell.
We are scheduled to get it into the paint shop soon to get the wing painted but it won't have the filler/profiling like before. Just a nice paint job.
Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:15 pm
Chappie wrote:51fixer wrote:The profiling is gone. Some filler departed the lower wing surface a few months ago and they elected to remove all the paint and filler prior to the decision to sell.
We are scheduled to get it into the paint shop soon to get the wing painted but it won't have the filler/profiling like before. Just a nice paint job.
You're going to paint McKenna's wing? Is it already painted? The factory look is gorgeous!
Chappie
Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:19 pm
51fixer wrote:YES, the wing will get painted!
It will look pretty much like it did before.
As far as factory look, I don't believe they had the masses of workers polishing the parts to shine like it looks today.
New metal as it was coming out of the factory doesn't look like it does after many hundreds of hours of polishing.
Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:31 pm
Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:25 pm
JohnTerrell wrote:BTW, it of course is not a NAA-factory 'detail', but I love Mustangs with Spitfire mirrors fitted!