Big day of priming today. The parts are big and a bit of work to scuff all of them and prep them for painting. I managed to do the best I could and get it really clean and acid etched. The side steps being steel got a slightly different treatment. The entire assembly was buffed clean with a non-ferrous wheel and then 220 grit sandpaper. Wiped down with MEK and sprayed.
All these parts are hard wearing parts and thus got the epoxy primer treatment. I only have one or two more priming sessions with epoxy primer.... and good riddance. This is a painful part of the build because the epoxy primer is so labour intensive, messy and ridiculous over-spray.
Later in the evening, I decided to install the pieces and nutplates on the flap channel and the baggage side covers.
