I'm curious too. About to wrap up build & will be considering paint in a couple of months.
$10,500 for a Navy T-34 paint scheme with 6 separate colors (red, blue, yellow, black, white and green) They quoted me $5500 for a two color spam can scheme.
Hey Bob,
I know of an auto painter who has done nice work on some RVs for Scott Millhouse in Madison.
Where are those pictures?I had a local auto body shop prime and paint with a GM paint for $5,700. They did a great job. Another $600 for vinyl accents designed and applied by a graphics guy and I?m happy with the end result. After 60 hours of grinning I focus more on looking out of it than looking at it.
How many pounds does a primer and paint job add to the basic 750 pounds of an empty RV-12?
Do you add that in your logs and records book, by reweighing the whole plane, and does it reduce your useful load weight from the 1320#?
Just asking for a couple of 250 + pound friends, kinda close to the limit already.
Thank you Sir . . . that's a pretty RV-12!
Working with a local was nice. I brought him components as they were finished and he worked them in his schedule. When I was ready for final assembly and inspection I had a finished and painted aircraft. Wheelpants are on order.
I internally primed my RV12 during construction and the weight came out to 757 pounds.
After having it painted the weight increased to 771 pounds and moved the CG aft 0.86 inches.
Price was a reasonable $6k and the painter copied the Vans paint scheme.