Today was all about working on the right vortilons.

I started by sanding the epoxy wipes first with 120 grit paper, then wet sanding up 240 grit.

I then set the vortilons on rolls of duct tape and shot them with gray primer.

Yes, I want some bling on my vortilons (call me crazy… again!), so as the primer cured I worked out the vortilon color scheme on the templates.  These will also be cut up to serve as the tape templates to paint the vortilons.

Which I did next.  With the tape in place I then shot the vortilons with 2K sealer coat.

Which I also did to the wing bolt hole covers after sanding down the primer (pic 1), and then shooting the 2K sealer (pic 2).  I had planned on shooting these white but 2 of the 4 covers had dust (or bugs?) in the paint, so need to be sanded before painting.

But the vortilons looked good, so I shot them with 2 coats of blue.

Tomorrow I’ll be picking up the fuselage, and then plan to press forward on the vortilons.