{"id":4574,"date":"2017-01-29T17:16:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T17:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/?p=4574"},"modified":"2017-01-29T17:16:34","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T17:16:34","slug":"painted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/?p=4574","title":{"rendered":"Painted!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally got 313TD painted. \u00a0It was time. \u00a0 The salt-laden dew at SMO was killing the skin, especially underneath the canopy cover. \u00a0I hemmed and hawed over various paint scheme ideas, mostly military-themed. \u00a0 Eventually, that gave way to the practicality of painting it to make it more appealing on resale. \u00a0But then I thought, who am I kidding, I’m not selling it, it’s too awesome. \u00a0Then on the way to work one day, I saw a BMW M4 Gran Coupe, painted in Singapore Grey Metallic. \u00a0 I have never before been so captivated by car paint. \u00a0The way it captures the ambient light and the prismatic effect of the metallic flakes is fascinating, and the pictures really don’t communicate the full impact of how it works with light and reflection. \u00a0One could argue there aren’t enough swoopy lines in the body to make it work right on this structure like it does with a sport sedan’s bone line, hip line, and fender contours, but I disagree. \u00a0you really have to see it in person. \u00a0 In any event, I’m happy with it. \u00a0 Not only is it protected from the elements, it looks bloody awesome. \u00a0The gear fairings and wheel pants still have to be put back on, but since I ordered a set of pre-made RV Bits fairings, I’ll need a facility to install them so I can get the alignment right. \u00a0 The wheel pants are also gloss black.<\/p>\n

Big shout out to Derek Spears and David Prescott, who helped with the movement and various aspects of disassembly\/reassembly!<\/p>\n

In the hangar, you can see a bit of how this paint is supposed to work. \u00a0Right now it’s picking up the greenish hue from the fluorescent lights and the yellow-green skylights, but also the blue bounce from the floor near where the hangar doors are slightly open.<\/p>\n

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Indoors<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s a dark gray, to be sure, but the way it phases through the blue-green spectrum is awesome, and the black just sets it off.\"\"<\/p>\n

Here I am, set to head back to Santa Monica with no pants on.\"\"<\/p>\n

Direct sunlight really does a number on photographing this paint, but it’s still amazing!\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finally got 313TD painted. \u00a0It was time. \u00a0 The salt-laden dew at SMO was killing the skin, especially underneath the canopy cover. \u00a0I hemmed and hawed over various paint scheme ideas, mostly military-themed. \u00a0 Eventually, that gave way to the practicality of painting it to make it more appealing on resale. \u00a0But then I thought, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[84],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4580,"href":"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4574\/revisions\/4580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}