do335a

You are quite corret. There is absolutely nothing that matches or even comes close to a proper doped, fabric finish. Not only do you not have wrinkles now, you never will either.

If you take one piece of covering to do half the fuselage top and the same side of the vertical fin in one go and another piece to do the other side the same way, you will have the correct scale appearance to the covering for the fillet at the fin. If you need pix and a detailed explanation, you can get those from the Sig manual for their 1/4 size Cubs, which are available for download at the Sig website. It's much easier to do than finding manuals at Sig's site.

Cub Man

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Ok a lot of talk on covering the back and the fin. Check this pdf out. this is some hints out of the sig manual on doing it. Yes guys I'm working on panels and also working on finishing up the L-4 plans. With the holidays I have a lot going on.

N1EDM

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Hi Guys,

Count me in. Just a H9 1/5 Scale Cub with floats. I ripped off the decals and put my own on. Now it's a Navy NE-1. Does that kick me out of the Cub Club before I even get a chance to join? What number am I (or would I have been?? )

Bob

acerc

It is possible to cover one whole side including half the top. Heres mine with the right side. With koverallit went pretty easy.
Cubman I'll be here when those L-4's are done.

lowbubba

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Could you please take a close up of the tail section. My old eyes need all the help they can get.
Thanks,
Randy

WacoNut

Robert,
Koverall is amazing stuff, try doing that with Moneykote.
Anthony

acerc

Here ya go. Will look better as soon as I can get some polybrush sprayed on and final shrink it.

lowbubba

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Thank you very much, it will definitely come in hand when, if ever I get to covering.
Randy

acerc

Anthony, you know as well as I that ain't happenin.
Randy, your welcome and you'll get there soon enough.

deckerv

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Cub related question... anyone out there know if a G-38 will fit in a Balsa USA Cub??   Have a G-38 laying around..and would love to build an L-4

acerc

Depnd's on your idea of fit is. I know for shure all the carb will be sticking out the side. Check it out

Cub Man

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Take a look this is a Sig J-3 1/4 scale with a Zenoia G38 on the front of it.

Cub Man

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Sorry guys for the delay on the L-4 plans. I now have access to Inventor 2009 pro and I'm trying to get the files converted over. this will be best as it allows me to design the plane in 3D very cool but i'm at a learning curve as I have never used inventor. Any inventor users out in the cub world?

skipb

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Cubman-

I used to use inventor before I retired.

Skipb

mrwad

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Hi Guys,

Been following the thread so far. (all 338 posts !) I have a 80" Hanger 9 with a OS 81 in it. As soon as I finish typing this, I am driving over to the LHS, MY 1/4 SCALE HANGER 9 CUB HAS ARRIVED !!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be right back !!

Don

dirtrod

hey guys,

I would love to get in the club. I have 3 goldberg cubs one clipped wing
fabric covered with o.s.91fs called CUBZILLA! and is bad to the bone the other
one is also fabric covered on floats, full wing with a saito .72fs the other is full
wing and fabric with saito .65gk fs. I also have 2 E-flite cubs converted to glow
one has a saito .30gk fs the other has a o.s.40fs both fly GREAT,all of them fly
great. once a cubber always a cubber.
Happy building and flying guys,
Ty[8D]

HawkI

Count me in Goldberg Anniversary Cub

redkav

Count me in. I have a newly completed 1/4 SIG Cub with OS FT-160 Twin. A friend helped me maiden it this fall and now the weather is holding me up. I used a lot of the mods from Cubman and Waconut's SIG 1/4 build thread.

deckerv

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Thanks for the info fellas   Now to sell a couple more things to get a kit

jkr_1100

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ACERC - What kit is this that you are building or plans?

crash bandicoute

thanks for the photos. they'll help a lot. i've already been browsing the manual for the sig cub kits as well. the only issue i see having with doing mine, is that i already have the horizontal stab installed, so i will be using paper to make templates for each section before rough cutting the fabric. it's either that or i do the top from the side stringers up, each half, then do each side from there down. does it matter 'scale wise' where the pinked tape goes on the fuselage? i see from the photos above where it was installed, but i haven't seen actual aircraft photos of where it is, and can't see well enough on any aircraft on airliners.net. did you use some scale outline for applying it?

WacoNut

Crash,
The tapes went over the fabric where it contacted the fuse structure ie: all the longerons and stringers. It is also around the door openings. If you piece the faric for the top and keep you overlap to the minimum the reinforcement tapes will cover the seams. All the seams on my Cub are hidden under tapes. Makes for a very scale appearance and also keep any edges from lifting on you forever.
Later!!
Anthony

crash bandicoute

awesome. thanks. i'll be working more on the fuse for mine in a couple days when i'm off again. i'm kind of excited, i think, whereas before with monkeykote, i always dreaded the process.

GerKonig

Nice job on the fin. When you cover that fin there are areas where one does NOT want the fabric to adhere to the wood. Somebody told me to color that area you do NOT want the covering to adhere with a yellow crayon. Like magic, the covering will not adhere on that area.

Nice job. My 1/4 scale cub is covered in 21 century fabric. I love that stuff, it is very easy to use, and it is pre-painted, saving a lot of weight. Besides, it never wrinkles...

Gerry

acerc

jkr 1100, it is a sig 1/4 clipped.
GerKong, I only attatch the fabric to the perimeter. After that when I spray the adhesive/filler it will adhere the fabric only where it is touching wood.
Ditto what WacoNut says on tapting and the such.