.... LET has not
figured out how to paint aluminum, judging by all the painted L33s and
L23s i've seen. Here are some shots of my club's L33 before we
refinished it.

Tony V

http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2165.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2166.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2167.JPG


Wow! Looks they painted it with cheap interior latex. :-p

We have a painted L23 (2, actually, sort of... we need a fuselage) that
look bad too - although not as bad as the L33 pictured above. I don't
understand it. Painting aluminum is hard but the Cessnas and Pipers have
figured it out - not LET, though.

A dedicated crew stripped the L33 down to bare metal over the winter,
buffed it up, and put some red trim on. It now looks great and,
interesingly, it's suddenly become one of the more popular ships to fly.

Tony V.