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Old 08-21-2004, 03:02 PM
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Default RE: I am not worthy!

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The finish can only be as nice as what's under it. I you take a non-detailed fiberglass fuse and plate it, it will not be nearly as spectacular as you may thing. The key is the detail prior to the plating process. And that is already out of reach of many (other than by purchasing existing composite kits). It's not the process...it's what you do with it before and after the process. In other words, the guy who considers a good looking model as having panel lines drawn with a black fine point Sharpie® is probably not a candidate. Terry Nitsch is a candidate...but I bet the plating process would only be the very beginning of his scale skin work.
He would still mask each and every panel and steel wool directional strokes, etc.

Please post all the pics you can. It is beautiful stuff and helps us to visualize the technique on different airframes as well.
Thanks,
Paul