(Duckworks HID Landing Lights):
The cutouts in the leading edges for the landing lights will
allow visibility to the insides of the wing in that area… ok,
you've gotta be looking close to see in there, but I've never been
accused of NOT being anal about things… so to me, it's
visible! Anyway, I decided to paint the area where the landing
lights are a more appealing color than the green primer we're using...
white! Besides, it should help reflect just a bit more light out
on the runway during taxiing. I picked up some high-heat engine
paint at the local auto-parts store, the thinking being its probably a
bit more durable than the general purpose stuff.
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One
of the neighbors came by (one of the regulars :-) along with his 2-yr
old daughter. While we were talking shop the curious little
toddler took an interest in finger painting while the white paint was
still wet. This area is behind where the landing lights will be
so no harm, no foul. Angela & I think its kinda cute so we'll
leave it for a good chuckle or two in the future.
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Here's Sylvester checking out the newly applied paint job. She's not impressed!
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Here are the other components of the landing light mounts.
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And since the can of paint was running out I sprayed just the front portion of the wing ribs.
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Once the paint had dried I decided to bust out the ole rivet
squeezer and attach the nutplates for attaching the landing light
mounting plates to the wing ribs.
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After that, I attached the nutplates for the bulbs and ballasts to the mounting plates.
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And then the last thing I did was assemble the mounting plates by riveting the two pieces together with their angles.
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