After numerous fitup iterations (trim, retrim), the boot cowling was painted. Here is the cowling in the paint booth before priming.
Here is the primed and painted cowl with fine line tape demarcating where the stripe will be located.
Here is masking in preparation of the gray stripe.
Here is the boot cowl painted and riveted to the fuselage. Overall, pretty happy with the painting results. Had some run issues on the bottom when it was hanging vertical. Runs seem more prevalent on second pass. Seems like 25% reducing of topcoat is optimum. I applied high temp RTV silicone at the flange forward of the firewall to seal off engine fluid and fume leakage.
The instrument panel is fastened to the boot cowl through a dozen screws with rubber grommets to insulate instruments from vibration.
