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I've used the foam brush with Nelsons Hobby paint before and thought I would give it a try
with the acrylic. You can cover a lot of ground with a 3 1/2" brush. Cuts down on the overspray
too,
#1782
How well did that nelsons paint adhere to the sig koverall and nitrate dope? any signs of lifting when you removed the tape?... from the images it looks fantastic.
John M,
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The nelson paint was on another plane, but as I recall it worked real good with the nitrate. This blue acryle enamel came from O'reillys auto parts. They will
mix 1/2 pint of paint . I used just over a pint on the clipped wing. The white part is not paint. It is 21st century fabric. What I did was paint the entire plane in the blue,
then striped it with the fabric. Presto, the fabric stuck good with no bubbles of wrinkles. I have a 1/4 scale long wing J3 that is 10 years old or better and I have stripped the
covering off. I am gonna try some solartex on it. I have heard nothing but good things about KlassKote. You can't loose with the foam brush.
mix 1/2 pint of paint . I used just over a pint on the clipped wing. The white part is not paint. It is 21st century fabric. What I did was paint the entire plane in the blue,
then striped it with the fabric. Presto, the fabric stuck good with no bubbles of wrinkles. I have a 1/4 scale long wing J3 that is 10 years old or better and I have stripped the
covering off. I am gonna try some solartex on it. I have heard nothing but good things about KlassKote. You can't loose with the foam brush.
#1784
Oh ok, now I understand... still the auto enamel went on very well with the brush... you would never have known the white was 21st century fabric... we covered our cub originally in 21st century fabric cub yellow and did the lightning bolt down the side in black monokote... tried to paint the lightning bolt with that 21st century paint, but that stuff was the strangest paint I have even seen.
This is a scan of one of the original photos taken just before the the maiden flight... that white plane in the background is another 1/4 cub, balsaUSA if my memory serves me.
John M,
This is a scan of one of the original photos taken just before the the maiden flight... that white plane in the background is another 1/4 cub, balsaUSA if my memory serves me.
John M,
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Sorry, didn't mean to mislead about the white. I was kinda excited about being able to post
pictures. I never really cared for the 21st century paint either. Back when they had a lot of
colors the Top Flite Lusterkote was what I would use on cowls. It would match monokote
real good. That cub looks to have a Saito twin up front.
pictures. I never really cared for the 21st century paint either. Back when they had a lot of
colors the Top Flite Lusterkote was what I would use on cowls. It would match monokote
real good. That cub looks to have a Saito twin up front.
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Cubcrasher -
Out-flippin'-standing!
I have absolutely ZERO talent with covering planes; it was one of the things that both excited and annoyed the crap out of me about my ARF Cub. All the planes I built from kit as a youth, and this cheapo import kit has better covering than my BEST job.
Makes me wanna cry a little.
mnem
*Sigh*
Out-flippin'-standing!
I have absolutely ZERO talent with covering planes; it was one of the things that both excited and annoyed the crap out of me about my ARF Cub. All the planes I built from kit as a youth, and this cheapo import kit has better covering than my BEST job.
Makes me wanna cry a little.
mnem
*Sigh*
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Cubcrasher -
Out-flippin'-standing!
I have absolutely ZERO talent with covering planes; it was one of the things that both excited and annoyed the crap out of me about my ARF Cub. All the planes I built from kit as a youth, and this cheapo import kit has better covering than my BEST job.
Makes me wanna cry a little.
mnem
*Sigh*
Out-flippin'-standing!
I have absolutely ZERO talent with covering planes; it was one of the things that both excited and annoyed the crap out of me about my ARF Cub. All the planes I built from kit as a youth, and this cheapo import kit has better covering than my BEST job.
Makes me wanna cry a little.
mnem
*Sigh*
Sincerely, Richard
#1788
Yes, its the Saito FA-130TD... nice engine, but the twin carb was a bare to set up... we had the fuel tank as high as it could be; almost touching the underside of the upper nose balsa sheeting to get the center line of the tank inline with the twin carbs... plenty of power... but we're putting a os ft-160 twin in it this time round.
John M,
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I am planning on using Lusterkote on my Cessna 182. It will be adding fiberglass over all wood surfaces and priming all surfaces with high hide primer followed by a finish coat of the Lustercote primer. The current available colors meet my requirements. Does anyone see any problems with my plans or have any suggestions? This is my first fiberglass finish on an airplane I wanted a little more substance to the sheeting. I will be using 3/4 oz. cloth and either a water based PVA like finishing product or finishing epoxy. I have already purchased both products.
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I am planning on using Lusterkote on my Cessna 182. It will be adding fiberglass over all wood surfaces and priming all surfaces with high hide primer followed by a finish coat of the Lustercote primer. The current available colors meet my requirements. Does anyone see any problems with my plans or have any suggestions? This is my first fiberglass finish on an airplane I wanted a little more substance to the sheeting. I will be using 3/4 oz. cloth and either a water based PVA like finishing product or finishing epoxy. I have already purchased both products.
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Thanks MNEM ,
Covering has never been one of my favorite things, it is tedious work. I just have to get in there and do it. Koverall is a lot
of work, you just have to keep your eye on the prize. I am going to use Solartex on my other 1/4 cub and see how it works.
IMHO nothing beats a Koverall finish.
John, I remember those little pin head bubbles.
Flyer, I have used Koverall with fiberglass resin with good results.
Covering has never been one of my favorite things, it is tedious work. I just have to get in there and do it. Koverall is a lot
of work, you just have to keep your eye on the prize. I am going to use Solartex on my other 1/4 cub and see how it works.
IMHO nothing beats a Koverall finish.
John, I remember those little pin head bubbles.
Flyer, I have used Koverall with fiberglass resin with good results.
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Thanks MNEM ,
Covering has never been one of my favorite things, it is tedious work. I just have to get in there and do it. Koverall is a lot
of work, you just have to keep your eye on the prize. I am going to use Solartex on my other 1/4 cub and see how it works.
IMHO nothing beats a Koverall finish.
John, I remember those little pin head bubbles.
Flyer, I have used Koverall with fiberglass resin with good results.
Covering has never been one of my favorite things, it is tedious work. I just have to get in there and do it. Koverall is a lot
of work, you just have to keep your eye on the prize. I am going to use Solartex on my other 1/4 cub and see how it works.
IMHO nothing beats a Koverall finish.
John, I remember those little pin head bubbles.
Flyer, I have used Koverall with fiberglass resin with good results.
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I had to give up the hobby a few years back due to health issues. Didn't want to but when you can't stand it takes a lot of fun out of what your doing. A few months ago my wife and I stopped at a Hobby Lobby to let her pick up junk (supplies) and while there I found a few of the Guillow's kits. When I was around 9-11 yrs old I would spend days building these and really enjoyed them. Over the years I have built many many planes, most were scratch built with the vast majority being a Cub of some type and different sizes. The last one I built was around 2006, a 1/4 scale with OS 160 twin that flew like an angel's dream. Then the health started kicking in, but last week I had to go to a store in next city (larger town) and remembered that two girls had added a hobby shop to go along with another business they were running. It was still there and actually thriving, got to see a good friend that I've not seen for a few yrs, best thing was getting my neck hugged by two good looking girls. But there sitting on a shelf was a water damaged box that contained a Goldberg Anniversary Cub, they had a price on it AS IS, I countered with a lower price not thinking anything about it but was spending time catching up with my friend. The one girl asked I was really offering a cash price for the Cub, I said yes why not. Well its been a few years since I built a kit but so far my wife has not raised heck with me building this one in the den. So far no EPOXY or CA glue just Elmer's glue. All you Cub Fliers please wiggle you wings to the God's to help me at least put the correct wing up front.
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Hey I wouldn't laugh at you... When I was mocking up my ARF Cub, I put it together and hung it on the wall before I noticed the wings switched/upside down.
mnem
*Embarrassed*
mnem
*Embarrassed*
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Still prodding along on the door window... my inlaw is helping me as my ogre hands are getting in the way... so I thought I'd strain my eyes a bit... finished my custom made Fuel Dot... made from a PL2-59 coax connector... unscrews to pull up the fueling hose.
John M,
John M,
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