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1. 02:18 AM - Re: Re: What did you do with your Europa this week 5/2 - 5/9 (Ken Atkinson)
2. 06:56 AM - Re: Which primer ? (daaza22)
3. 12:43 PM - Marty Mason (n7188u)
4. 09:45 PM - Re: Which primer ? (Area-51)
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| Subject: | Re: What did you do with your Europa this week 5/2 - |
5/9
My home base is Cark parachute base England!
Ken.
On 05/05/2022 13:04, h&jeuropa wrote:
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> I was curious where Ken went, so I used gcmap.com to plot his route. Looks like
a nice flight!
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> Jim
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| Subject: | Re: Which primer ? |
Thanks for that guy's .
I have already download and printed your guide to finishing Bud .
What I am really looking for is the type , brand and approx quantities
prime and top coat needed .
That said I am grateful for any advise ,thanks again.
Darren
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Today I got a very emotional call from Marty Mason's wife to let me know that he
passed away.
The reason I am posting this here is because some of you may know Marty's Europa
story (he used to post in this forum) and it is a very important one for us
having another Europa in the air today (my monowheel N11EU). But mainly I am posting
because Marty dedication to this airplane became my inspiration to finish
this Europa.
Marty originally purchased kit A291 that, after 17 years of dreaming that it would
one day fly, took to the air last year as N11EU.
Marty bought the kit new back in 2004 but Europa USA went belly up before he got
the complete kit. He had to slowly buy again all the parts he didn't get (including
buying the wings from the UK). When I met him he told me he actually paid
for his kit twice, talk about dedication! Life got in the way of building
this airplane, as it happens, and years went by. But he never lost hope of being
able to build his beloved Europa one day.
At one point both age and health reasons prompted him to donate his kit to an EAA
chapter hoping that they would use it as a youth build program and get it built.
This didn't happen and the EAA chapter decided not to build the kit and
instead sell it to finance an RV-12 build.
I bought Kit A291 from the chapter. Before going to Atlanta to pick it up I researched
the original owner of the kit and that is how I met Marty. I never met
anyone so enthusiastic about an airplane design. He loved the Europa. He actually
helped me by combing through his house and finding parts that were misplaced.
The end result is that the airframe kit was 100% complete after 13 years
of storage and several moves!
During the build Marty and I communicated a lot. I would post updates on my EAA
builders log and would send him an email every time I updated to let him know.
His wife told me today that he would call her to go watch the new build updates
every time they came up. We also talked over the phone often (most times he
would call me).
He once confided that he was very happy I bought the kit and that his baby finally
flew. He told me he basically realized this dream through me.
The partially unfulfilled promise is that I promised Marty I would take him up
in the airplane. Because of the issues I had with he previous engine (and life,
again) I never made the flight to Atlanta to take him up but I was hoping to
do that this year. It is now too late. I will never forgive myself for not making
this a priority. However, I do know that by finishing and flying A291 I probably
brought Marty's some happiness and closure. I am glad for his drive to
maintain this kit in good shape for so many years and for holding on to see it
take to the air.
His wife told me today: "He is now up there looking after you every time you fly
his Europa". And yes Marty, this is your Europa.
Chris
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| Subject: | Re: Which primer ? |
16L of highcoat spray primer sealer
8L of heavy body filler
4L of lite body filler
400x400x6 nylon mixing pallet
8L of top coat + thinner reducer
4L of clear coat + thinner reducer (if using)
4L of cheap cleaning thinner
4L of prepsol wax remover
Set of Durablocs
Set of splines or 1m, 750mm, 400mm steel rulers
x40 80grit sanding discs
x40 120grit sanding discs
x40 400grit sanding discs
5m of 80grit sanding strip
10m of 120grit sanding strip
10m of 400grit sanding strip
x4 packets of tack cloth
bag of lint free pure cotton wiping cloth
x8 1L paint mixing jugs (disposable)
x1 paint measuring stick
x1 thermometer and humidity meter
x1 note pad, pen, calculator
x30 pouring filters (disposable)
x5 paint pot strainers
x3 EN dust musk refills
x2 stand mounted fluorescent work lights
Pack if cheap tooth brushes, bottle brushes, pipe cleaners to clean sprays guns
Pack of cheap disposable plastic plastic ground sheets
x10 rolls of green painters masking tape
That is about what it takes to quality paint an entire family size sedan body shell
of about 200ft2 surface area
Manufacturers state nominal surface area coverage for their products; add 30% contingency.
PPG and Glasurit aerospace top coat is the same as automotive with boosted UV content
ratio and high gloss agent added. PPG and Glasurit aerospace primer is
same as automotive with additional chromium lead and other toxic corrosion inhibitors
and electrolytic chemical etch bonding agents added. The aerospace coatings
cure much harder as well. You will not scrape Glasurit's green aerospace
etch primer off an aluminium surface..
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