Estimate for painting a rag airplane.

[Bob Johnstone]

Hi,

I've been offered a Champ which has been recovered. I'm not sure of the
system, but it's the one where the rags are a red color. The fuselage and
tail has been done to clear and the wings are white. I'll have to get it
done by an A&P due to time/geographical constraints, so my question is, how
much might I expect to pay to have the airplane painted and assmbled on the
average, including paint cost?
The interior, instruments etc have all been installed, so it,s just paint
and airframe assembly as well as engine installation and all the usual
tidying up.

Anyone?

[James Freeman]

@1200 U.S.D.
"Bob Johnstone" > wrote in message
.. .
> Hi,
>
> I've been offered a Champ which has been recovered. I'm not sure of the
> system, but it's the one where the rags are a red color. The fuselage and
> tail has been done to clear and the wings are white. I'll have to get it
> done by an A&P due to time/geographical constraints, so my question is,
> how
> much might I expect to pay to have the airplane painted and assmbled on
> the
> average, including paint cost?
> The interior, instruments etc have all been installed, so it,s just paint
> and airframe assembly as well as engine installation and all the usual
> tidying up.
>
> Anyone?

[Gig 601XL Builder]

James Freeman wrote:
> @1200 U.S.D.
> "Bob Johnstone" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been offered a Champ which has been recovered. I'm not sure of
>> the system, but it's the one where the rags are a red color. The
>> fuselage and tail has been done to clear and the wings are white.
>> I'll have to get it done by an A&P due to time/geographical
>> constraints, so my question is, how
>> much might I expect to pay to have the airplane painted and assmbled
>> on the
>> average, including paint cost?
>> The interior, instruments etc have all been installed, so it,s just
>> paint and airframe assembly as well as engine installation and all
>> the usual tidying up.
>>
>> Anyone?


$1200 for painting maybe but even that is a great deal. But the OP was also
asking about some assembly.

[Bob Kuykendall]

On Oct 7, 1:02 am, "James Freeman" > wrote:
> @1200 U.S.D.

For any reasonable shop, I'd be inclined to triple that and have
another $500 in hand for surprises. The last time I shopped out a job
like that for a price that sounded too good to be true, it was.

[Bob Johnstone]

Bob Kuykendall > wrote in news:1191897323.771669.28270@
22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:

> On Oct 7, 1:02 am, "James Freeman" > wrote:
>> @1200 U.S.D.
>
> For any reasonable shop, I'd be inclined to triple that and have
> another $500 in hand for surprises. The last time I shopped out a job
> like that for a price that sounded too good to be true, it was.
>
>



Yes, this is about what I figured too. It would certainly take me moe than
100 hours to get it done!
I was budgeting on about 5 grand to do the job as a worse case scenario. In
any case, I'll have a better idea soon. There's an IA going out to look at
the airplane. It's still worth it at that, I think . I've even got to get a
prop and some seats for it and it's still cheap. More importantly, it's a
very sound airplane underneath. Just been covered and the spars have been
looked at and there were no corrosion or damage issues with the fuselage.
Thanks to all!


BJ

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On Oct 9, 2:35 am, Bob Johnstone > wrote:
> Bob Kuykendall > wrote in news:1191897323.771669.28270@
> 22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:
>
> > On Oct 7, 1:02 am, "James Freeman" > wrote:
> >> @1200 U.S.D.
>
> > For any reasonable shop, I'd be inclined to triple that and have
> > another $500 in hand for surprises. The last time I shopped out a job
> > like that for a price that sounded too good to be true, it was.
>
> Yes, this is about what I figured too. It would certainly take me moe than
> 100 hours to get it done!
> I was budgeting on about 5 grand to do the job as a worse case scenario. In
> any case, I'll have a better idea soon. There's an IA going out to look at
> the airplane. It's still worth it at that, I think . I've even got to get a
> prop and some seats for it and it's still cheap. More importantly, it's a
> very sound airplane underneath. Just been covered and the spars have been
> looked at and there were no corrosion or damage issues with the fuselage.
> Thanks to all!
>
> BJ

The "red" fabric sounds like Stits with the Poly-Brush on
it. To be legal, any STC'd covering system must be completed with that
system, not a mix-and-match job. You need to find out what, exactly,
whose system it is and follow it. Some of them are obscenely expensive
(Stits isn't bad). I sure hope it isn't a system that's been
discontinued, like the Blue River process.

Dan