RE: Jemco Focke Wulf 190D-9
I am going to use Solartex. I have seen nothing but good comments on it in the different sites. I contacted Balsa USA a while back and they say that it takes paint well and the weave will fill with primer. I used to use Coverite and didn't mind seeing the slight weave when standing right next to a plane. I never had a problem with paint on Coverite.
I have what I think to be a Pilot 49" Spitfire sitting in the floor with the firewall torn out of it but a good cowl. I seem to remember "Pilot" written in red letters surrounded by white and red on the long gone box; dunno. I believe that it has Pactra and Polyurethane over chrome Monokote. The panel lines were scratched in with a pointy Dremel bit. Crude, but they look good. The paint still looks good on the plane, but the wing leading edge has a lot of chips though from landing in tall grass. So, I am going to try Solartex.