Jeffs 340 Kitfox

[jrevens]

I registered my first homebuilt quite a few years before it flew. The state contacted me, and I told them it was still a project, being constructed from parts and raw material, and I never heard from them again. This is Colorado. Sometime after that, our tax law was changed, making airplane parts non-taxable.

[jmodguy]

Fuselage painted today! I will let it harden for a couple days then paint the stripe down the side.
The plan is to move it back to the hangar next weekend and start the final assembly!

[David47]

You're now getting to the excitement stage; i.e. painting and final assembly. I'm almost there myself. Great work and looking forward to seeing some photos of the finished paint scheme.

[Meyer]

The paint looked great in the email pics!!

[jmodguy]

OK here's a try at posting a photo...

[aviator79]

Looks great! I'm jealous of your paint booth setup. If kill for that.

[David47]

Yes, my "paint booth" is nothing as classy as yours Jeff. Even the term "shoe string budget" is a stretch for mine .....

[jmodguy]

It’s not my paint booth! We have 3 possibly 5 ongoing projects so a few of us pitched into build this booth. Structure is 1” EMT conduit with heavy visclean draped over it and sealed with lots of duct tape! Ventilation is a whole house fan. Works pretty good. Is 16’x32’x8’.
Wish we had a down draft system...

[aviator79]

Wish we had a down draft system...

That pretty much sums up everything about space and tools. No matter what you have, you could always use a little more.

[jmodguy]

Got the fuse back to the hangar today and back on the gear. Special thanks to Meyer, Eric, and Alan!