---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 05/11/22: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:18:08 AM PST US Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: What did you do with your Europa this week 5/2 - 5/9 From: Ken Atkinson My home base is Cark parachute base England! Ken. On 05/05/2022 13:04, h&jeuropa wrote: > > I was curious where Ken went, so I used gcmap.com to plot his route. Looks like a nice flight! > > Jim > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=506675#506675 > > > Attachments: > > http://forums.matronics.com//files/ireland_flt_142.jpg > > -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:56:39 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Which primer ? From: "daaza22" 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 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=506732#506732 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 12:43:13 PM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Marty Mason From: "n7188u" 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 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=506735#506735 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 09:45:33 PM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Which primer ? From: "Area-51" 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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