The Van RV-7 is a self build aircraft, and this one was made in the garden shed of an old friend, Colin Goodwin. After thousands of shed-man hours and over 11,000 hand done rivets it was eventually craned over his house to get it to the airfield for its final fit and paint job!
My brief was simple: colour - purple and orange, the aircraft registration - G-DMBO and to try and break up the boxy shape of the wings and stumpy fuselage (I used Spitfire profiles and Dumbo's ears as inspiration)... The whole build and paint process was highlighted in a series of articles, written by Colin, for PILOT Magazine.