WOW !!! Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Overall" <bo12...@hotmail.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 9:56 AM Subject: KR> Off the couch > OK gang, fire away I know it's not Friday but I can't resist any longer. > BTW, look at the 12" ruler on the side of the engine:-) > > I wanted you get you here with that subject line. No, I am not like the > Wendy's man and "unofficially" associated with Abby at Flightline Interiors, > http://my.execpc.com/~erdmannb/ but I do have a big mouth and have a > tendency to speak my mine:-) and if it's nice I'll tell ya. > > I received my interior from Abby yesterday. Let's put it this way, I'm > going to have to increase my level of workmanship to match the quality of > the work I unboxed yesterday!! If you are in the market for an interior, my > recommendation is contract Abby at the above site or call 262-679-5934. > I'm not discrediting any other interior provider, I am just at a loss for > words on how great Abby's work is. > > A little history, as most you you know I went off the deep end and went with > Imron black as my paint color. It seems the black airplane took on a life > of it's own and progressed to having a carbon fiber panel, as much glass as > possible in the panel including a 7" DVD screen for the passenger, gold > powder coated rotary engine http://rvflying.tripod.com/goldengine.jpg, > rocket tinted canopy and a bunch of other little do-dads. Well, a name had > to be decided on so Black Magic was it with Mickey's little wizard hat > reproduced as a 3" gold replication on the VS. Now, here is where it gets > fun. > > I relayed this theme and interior desires to Abby by way of the phone. She > was wanting to get more into custom interiors in addition to "normal" > interior work. Once again, some will consider my path somewhat on the > trailing edge of normal:-) Several ideas were bounces back and forth until > a final idea was decided upon. Abby then took this idea and ran with it. I > wanted the Black Magic theme to be somewhat discreet, this was achieved. > Here is a pic of the passenger side panel > http://rvflying.tripod.com/interior1.jpg In keeping with the gold trim here > is the baggage compartment rear cover with tonneau cover > http://rvflying.tripod.com/interior2.jpg progressing to the pilot side side > panel http://rvflying.tripod.com/interior3.jpg The pictures make the > stitching stand out much more than it really is. As you can see, the > starburst comes out of the finger, does a couple loops across the seat backs > and disappears into the palm. Way too cool in my book!! Folks, Abby > doesn't have creativity cornered but she sure know where the corner is. > > As I count the interior panels, I see over 30 individual panels to install > using 3M 77. Each panel is cut and numbered for easy install. No alum will > be seen anywhere inside the cockpit, forward fuselage or baggage compartment > including the rudder motor housing and seat back brace. The attention to > detail is so obvious, it's incredible. Look at the cutout for the fuselage > vertical member on the side of the tonneau cover > http://rvflying.tripod.com/interior4.jpg This is the panel just forward of > the spar carrythough on the pilots side...........nice pen holder > http://rvflying.tripod.com/interior5.jpg > This pic shows just what I mean about the attention to detail > http://rvflying.tripod.com/interior6.jpg This is the pic of the lower > baggage compartment panel. On the top you see the very small cutout for > wrapping it around the vertical support, on the top front you see the cutout > to wrap it under the armrest and in front of the seat back support vertical > post. About 1/2 way down is the round cutout for the rudder cable and the > bottom cutout is for the flap weldment. This is just one example of the > quality of Abby's work. > > Folks, if you are in the market for an interior you need to do yourself a > favor and check out Abby's website. It is worth the look!! > > You can certainly criticize my choices:-) but you can't Flightline > Interior's work. > > > > > Dana Overall > 1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host > Richmond, KY i39 > RV-7 slider, Imron black, "Black Magic" > Finish kit > 13B Rotary. Hangar flying my Dynon. > http://rvflying.tripod.com/aero1.jpg > http://rvflying.tripod.com/aero3.jpg > http://rvflying.tripod.com/blackrudder.jpg > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
