1942 AAF O-58A Progress 1/20/2013

[O-1Driver]

Really starting to look like an aircraft now, bottom and right side fabric installed, right side still needs final shrinking. The mahogany formers and spruce stringers show up well in these photos.

Best Regards,
Steve

 

[stumpjumper1]

looking great 0-1, hope its going great and miss donna is still puting up with you as well

 

[O-1Driver]

looking great 0-1, hope its going great and miss donna is still puting up with you as well

We are doing great Mike and hope all is well with you and your family.

Steve

 

[gecko]

She looks gorgeous Steve, thanks for sharing. I love seeing these updates.

 

[Pat Pattle]

Looks very tidy indeed Steve. Must be a thoroughly interesting and enjoyable way to spend time.

 

[O-1Driver]

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

 

[O-1Driver]

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

 

[NSS]

Hi Steve.
Great work and looks like a first class sympathetic restoration.

Those colour swatches will come in really handy for some of my RC planes.

Kev

 

[Led Zeppelin]

Yes, giving a second life to an old lady must be a really fascinating project.

 

[HouseHobbit]

WOW!! truly impressed here..Well done!!
:salute:

 

[MajorMagee]

Very cool.

 

[O-1Driver]

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.

 

[NSS]

Wow. Outstanding work Steve.

What are you using to cover her with? I suspect Diatex or similar!

That little C-140 looks like it just cam efresh from the factory.

Please keep us posted.

Kev