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I had Jan Stroh also do my 360.  She comes highly recommended and I concur.
We worked side by side on the job and she is very professional and
personable. We had a lot of fun on the job.  By the way, we dared to stretch
leather around the edge of the glare shield and avoid that unsightly french
seam staring you in the face.  It worked beautifully and looks quite nice.
Glue 1/8 in foam on the glare shield then glue the leather onto it.  Jan was
pleased with the results.  Tell her Hi.  I owe her a ride.  Her prices are
also fair as she does not have a shop overhead to recover. Many compliments
are received about her work.  You can't go wrong using Jan Stroh.

I used the paint shop at Tacoma narrows.  Leonard shot the plane and I also
worked on the plane in the shop.  You think you have everything prepped,
primered and all set for shooting the final paint but I had to put in
another 200 hours on the bird in the paint shop doing body work and extra
prep.  They put in about 100 hours.  It took about four weeks time and the
plane was shown at Arlington 2000.  We were pressed for time.This was
Leonard's first airplane as he painted high end Jaguars, BMWs and Mercedes
Benz cars.   Overall I was pleased with the results.  I still need to rub
out some of the clear coat but the finish still looks great.  He shot the
plane and there were no runs or dry spots.  He is an artist with the
gun.Shop time was $45 per hour at that time. It is higher now I am sure.

Bob Smiley
N94RJ
robsmiley@home.com

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