Today was all about getting the winglets taped up for the black accent stripes that will border the blue accents on the leading edge and top of each winglet.

But before that, here are some shots of the winglets’ blue accent paint with the tape removed.

First the left side.

And the outboard side of the right winglet.

An inboard angled shot of the right winglet.  Again, accept for one run on the left winglet blue accent, these second rounds of paint came out good.

As you can see, to prep for the black accent stripes, the rudders had to be mounted back into place.  Here is the initial border taping of what will be the black accent stripe on the left winglet.

I wanted the accent stripe fairly thick as to be bold and stand out on the winglets.  I know some will give me grief regarding a bold black stripe on a flying surface, but remember that these winglets are vertical and will experience exponentially less heat because of that than if they were on a horizontal surface.

And here we have the black accent stripe and upper blue accent paint all taped up for painting.  After a bit of additional plastic taped in place to protect the remaining winglet and outboard wing, these will be ready to shoot once the weather is agreeable.

In the meantime I will continue working on finishing up the firewall install and getting firewall components mounted.