The grand kids, Rowan and Duncan, visited for a couple weeks around Independence day. We had a nice dry day near the end of June so we started painting the roundels on the lower wings. We made a cardboard pattern and drew the circle with pencil on the wings. As with the rest of the SPAD paint scheme the roundels were brushed on. One thing we learned was, unlike dope, Poly-Tone really softens the the paint you're applying it to. It will take at least 2 coats of white to get the cream not to show. They had fun and we made progress.
The weather has been mostly hot and humid. Today wasn't to bad so I installed the center section. We fit the center section to each wing before installing it just to make sure I put all the fittings back on correctly. Everything fits nicely. Once the cowl is permanently installed I can safety wire the turnbuckles. Nice to be putting things back together.
