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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 4/11/2008 7:04:34 PM   
stiletto660



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Status: offline 		Yeah, how do you cut the monokote at just the right shape and outline without cutting into the sheeting? Do you cut it out when it's flat on the table and position it just right?

Where did you get the Blue Angel decal?


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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 4/11/2008 9:24:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		I bought poster board to make templates for the Monokote sections but found for the small stab pieces, photo copies of the plans worked fine. See templates below. Note that each template had to be made from a separate photo copy so I could allow for the blue and white Monokote overlap.

For each stab side I cut the white and blue pieces, two layers at a time. I taped a large piece of poster board to the top of my building board. I then laid a folded over piece of Monokote down on the board and taped it down, laid the template over the Monokote and then cut through both pieces at the same time. I used a straight edge and a #11 blade for the straight cuts and free handed the curved section using the template line.

I used the templates and plans to determine where to position of the Monokote and then used small pieces of blue masking tape to mark the two edges on the stab so I could position the Monokote after I removed the template. The white and red stripes were cut using the plans to determine the overlap and the plans to determine the position. I did the left stab first and then used that as a template for the spacing of the pieces on the right side so they would match. So far so good!

The application sequence is:

a. Lower inner white
b. Top inner white
c. Lower outside white stripe
d. Upper outside white stripe
e. Lower red inner red stripe
f. Upper red inner red stripe.
g. Lower red wing tip
h. Upper red wing tip
i. Lower blue section.
j. Upper blue section.

The Blue Angel logo was custom made for the Blue Angel and came from a fellow RCU member. He was trimming out a Sig kit to have Blue Angels markings and had a friend with a store that makes lettering. I saw his build and thought with some size changes and dropping the “s” they would work. Their source is buried somewhere in the build pages.

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 4/11/2008 11:06:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		Your craftsmanship is nothing short of exceptional - really the best I've seen. You are able to build fairly quickly considering the care you put into each piece and amount of documentation you do here on the forum. I just can't wait for the large resolution 'finished' picture.


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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 4/12/2008 1:33:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		8178,This build to me is the one of the best I have seen,your finish is second to none,I did see your COLD DUCK build,It is something to behold.Just continue and post something everyday, EVEN IF IS THE CAT,good looking cat.Did you cover or paint it? lol---------pub

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 4/12/2008 10:49:42 PM   
8178



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Status: offline 		Thanks for the nice comments Nathan and Pub.

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 4/12/2008 10:57:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Fuselage is done!!!

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 4/12/2008 11:33:34 PM   
Nathan King



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Status: offline 		Cool. You just have to rub in the fact that those stab tips are completely seamless don't you?

Beautiful landscaping to boot!

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 4/13/2008 12:40:54 AM   
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Status: online 		Man just look at the mirrored reflection of the white bench off the side of the Blue Angel. I took my kids to the 34th Annual World of Wheels Car Show last weekend. I remember the first shows where it was nothing to see emaculate custom paint schemes on the cars and customs vans.

Mike, your paint finish puts your monokote finish to shame.

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 4/13/2008 12:49:44 AM   
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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 4/14/2008 12:33:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for all the supportive comments guys! It’s nice to know people are watching the Blue Angel building progress, but just remember that everything always looks better in pictures.

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 4/14/2008 2:01:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		I’m going to go into more detail on my Monokote work on the wing because some of you have asked about my process. For the wing I determined that I needed some heaver templates and decided to make them out of poster board from Office Depot.

I marked the key points on the plans that showed the trim design with a 9B soft lead pencil. I then turned the plans upside down on the poster board and transferred the pencil marks to the templates by rubbing the areas with rounded tool. I did this process twice because I needed to make the template for the white section and one for the blue section so they would have about ¼” overlap to allow the Monokote to seal well.

I then used the template to cut the white Monokote on my building board. In the images below you can see how I also used the template to mark the wing for positioning the Monokote. I used small pieces of blue tape to mark the key spots. I then followed the steps outlined in my previous post. For the white and red stripes I used the plans to measure the widths I needed plus the ¼” overlap for the edges of the white stripes. The red wing tip Monokote must be heated and stretched an inch or more ahead of the area that you are sticking down to the tip. It takes a good amount of heating and pulling to get it to lie down around the tip. I find that I can handle the process best if I sit on a carpeted area so I can thrash around with the wing and not damage it.

The images below show the step-by-step process.

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 4/14/2008 2:05:35 PM   
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