Well, the weather actually held yesterday, and I got the left wing painted.  I waited until today to post it because I wanted to see if my hack worked to keep dew from forming on the wing top.

And it did.

My hack?  Pretty simple actually.  I just placed my 3 heat lamps under the wing to keep the surface temp above the dew point.  As you can see, it worked…

No dew on the left wing top and it stayed nice and shiny… (Although all the painted parts will get buffed out —planning/working on that task currently).

Clearly this is the last of the major big parts of the plane that needed painting, although the bottom cowling is next up on the docket and it’s got some decent surface area.

After I grabbed these shots of the wing, I took it off the 2×8 mount, placed it on the wing dolly and moved it into the shop.

Now, when I painted the right wing I also painted the outboard sides of the rudders.  In the last couple of days I painted the inboard sides of the rudders as well.  Unfortunately the inboard right rudder surface had visible pockmarks after the second coat.  I let it cure, sanded it and reshot the white paint this afternoon.  Although I didn’t grab a pic of it, it turned out much better than before and very acceptable.

Moving forward . . .