Today I began to finalize some of the paint scheme details:
1. Took stock of the stencils and graphic elements I already have on hand.
2. Created some new stencil designs for various parts of the airplane.
3. Laid out a crude 3" high checkerboard pattern with 1" x 1" squares on masking tape and applied it to the top of the tail, just to verify its scale. I realized after the fact that it should be a two-row checkerboard pattern with 1.5" squares. Overall, though, the 3" high checkerboard stripe seems like the right size for an RV-8 sized airplane.