1942 AAF O-58A Progress 1/20/2013
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stumpjumper1
Charter Member
looking great 0-1, hope its going great and miss donna is still puting up with you as well
Pat Pattle
SOH-CM-2025
Looks very tidy indeed Steve. Must be a thoroughly interesting and enjoyable way to spend time.
Thanks guys,
Over the course of this restoration I have been able to acquire several WW II aritifacts in addition to the treasure trove of stuff that came with this aircraft in boxes. If you guys would like them I would be happy to scan and post on photo bucket the nineteen color cards that are in this 1943 Army Air Force Paint book, some of the aircraft builders may be able to use them in painting aircraft. Included in the 19 paint charts are all of the cammo colors.
You can also find the painting instructions and application in this tech order here:
http://s1141.photobucket.com/albums/n588/L-4Pilot/Army Tech Order 6-01-1942/
Best Regards,
Steve
Over the course of this restoration I have been able to acquire several WW II aritifacts in addition to the treasure trove of stuff that came with this aircraft in boxes. If you guys would like them I would be happy to scan and post on photo bucket the nineteen color cards that are in this 1943 Army Air Force Paint book, some of the aircraft builders may be able to use them in painting aircraft. Included in the 19 paint charts are all of the cammo colors.
You can also find the painting instructions and application in this tech order here:
http://s1141.photobucket.com/albums/n588/L-4Pilot/Army Tech Order 6-01-1942/
Best Regards,
Steve
A lot of these colors were also used on RAF aircraft being manufactured in this country. Here are the links that will enable you to cross reference the three different government paint standards. The two digit codes IE 41, 42, 43 are QMS (Quartermaster), the three digit codes IE 613, 603 are ANA ( Army-Navy), and the FS codes were an attempt to bring everything together under a common denominator. I know it is confusing, in the case of my aircraft built in 1941 it was painted with QMS 41 (Olive Drab) upper surfaces and QMS 42 (Neutral Gray) under surfaces, these later became ANA 613 and 603.
http://www.njipms.org/Technique/USAAC_Paint.htm
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/tnt1/101-200/tnt187-painting-Rapasi/00.shtm
Steve
http://www.njipms.org/Technique/USAAC_Paint.htm
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/tnt1/101-200/tnt187-painting-Rapasi/00.shtm
Steve
Led Zeppelin
Charter Member
Yes, giving a second life to an old lady must be a really fascinating project.
HouseHobbit
Charter Member
WOW!! truly impressed here..Well done!!
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MajorMagee
SOH-CM-2022
Very cool.
Fuselage is now covered and I started putting on the finish tapes today. The greenhouse is quite large and you can see the framing in the photos. Every fabric lap joint has to be taped along with any areas of the fabric that come in contact with a steel tube. I also picked up a little C-140 to fl and get current in tail wheel again while I am working on the O-58. The 140 was completely restored in 2004 and has a new 100 hp O-200 instead of the original C-90. The aircraft is IFR.
