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Our Pitts Gets Refurbished

Between January 2005 and January 2006, our Pitts S1S was refurbished. This involved new fabric, cowling, and paint job. Dean and I did most of the work other than silvering and painting. The fantastic paint job was performed by Robert Felts at Harvey & Rihn Aviation.
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Before
"Before"		 Before Tail
"Before" Tail		 January - Stripped Down
January - Stripped Down
January - Work to Do
January - Work to Do		 February - Primer
February - Primer		 February - Primed Cockpit
February - Primed Cockpit
February - Primer
February - Primer		 February - Smooth Imron Paint
February - Smooth Imron Paint		 February - Plywood Repair
February - Plywood Repair
March - Plywood Prepare
March - Plywood Prepare		 March - First Fabric
March - First Fabric		 March - Loose Drape
March - Loose Drape
March - One Side Trimmed
March - One Side Trimmed		 March - Other Side Trimmed
March - Other Side Trimmed		 March - Loose and Tight
March - Loose and Tight
March - Stitched Tail
March - Stitched Tail		 March - Tight Rear
March - Tight Rear		 March - Pinked and Doped
March - Pinked and Doped
March - Nice Tight Fuselage
March - Nice Tight Fuselage		 March - Chris Joins the Queue
March - Chris Joins the Queue		 March - Doped Fuselage
March - Doped Fuselage
March - Turtle Deck Detail
March - Turtle Deck Detail		 March - Doped Tail
March - Doped Tail		 April - Tape and Patches
April - Tape and Patches
April - Patches
April - Patches		 April - Dean Smoothing the Tape
April - Dean Smoothing the Tape		 April - Smoothing
April - Smoothing
April - How to Cover the Turtledeck
April - How to Cover the Turtledeck		 April - Inspection Ports Cut
April - Inspection Ports Cut		 April - Inspection Ports Patched
April - Inspection Ports Patched
April - Patches Trimmed
April - Patches Trimmed		 April - Patched Ports
April - Patched Ports		 April - Dust COvers
April - Dust COvers
April - Checking the Fit
April - Checking the Fit		 April - First Layer of Silver
April - First Layer of Silver		 April - Silver Tail
April - Silver Tail
May - Sanding the Silver
May - Sanding the Silver		 May - Sanding
May - Sanding		 August - White on the Tail
August - White on the Tail
November - WOW!! Sudden Progress
November - WOW!! Sudden Progress		 November - Nuclear Missle Parts, Indeed!
November - Nuclear Missle Parts, Indeed!		 November - Brand New Cowling
November - Brand New Cowling
November - Brand New Diamond
November - Brand New Diamond		 November - New Spats Color Scheme
November - New Spats Color Scheme		 November - Good Progress
November - Good Progress
November - Tail Detail
November - Tail Detail		 November - Covers and Metal Parts
November - Covers and Metal Parts		 November - Cockpit Detail
November - Cockpit Detail
December - Wings Masked for Touchup
December - Wings Masked for Touchup		 December - Air Vent Detail
December - Air Vent Detail		 December - Cowling Detail
December - Cowling Detail
December - Gas Cap Detail
December - Gas Cap Detail		 December - Fuselage Detail
December - Fuselage Detail		 December - Turtledeck
December - Turtledeck
Finally!
Finally!		 New Serial Number
New Serial Number		 Finally
Finally
Final Paint Job
Final Paint Job		 Cockpit
Cockpit		 Tail Feathers
Tail Feathers
Rear View
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After
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