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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/6/2003 4:14 AM   
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if you get a wrinkle I would maybe take the iron to it after the windex has set overnight, windex and heat are not a good combo....but I think you'rll find the wrinkles are down to a minimum useing windex and very little heat....good luck and hunt me down if you got any questions...
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That is one of the coolest things I've seen with monokote! Very good job with the instructions and pictures. I wish I had that type of artistic eye. I love the gray as "folds or wrinkles".... something I never would have thought of.

One question (other than, "can you re-cover all my planes?") So, you did not use a heat gun or iron on the main surfaces of the monokote pieces? Just the edges? And, how does it stick then?

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/6/2003 5:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Mike....The soap in the Windex makes it where you can smooth out the covering and not get any blisters. I assume it also acts as an adhesive....I dunno....it just works,,,the trim solvent around the edges at times will disolve so colors of monokote, not really bad but that is what I like to see when the solvent kinda melts the covering....G

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WOW! - 3/6/2003 5:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		termagator, Wow Nice work!.......How about I send you my fourstar 60 wing for the treatment!

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/6/2003 5:39 AM   
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Send me the wing and hundred and hundreds of dollars......naw its easyjust take it slow and I was in a rush and hurried some of the steps, for a 1st attempt, I'd put the gray on and let it sit over night then come back with the red & blue the next day ...good luck with the 4*...gator

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/6/2003 5:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		That looks great hope to someday be able to do trim designs like that.

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/6/2003 6:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		Great job!! Mine is pretty sad next to that one, but here's to Old Glory!!

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cool - 3/6/2003 6:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		That looks cool I bet it would look great on the fin on one of my large warbirds hehe too bad im such a junkie to always do scale schemes.

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/6/2003 6:26 AM   
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you are da man!!! you are outta the crapper!
would you e mail me a pic of the finished flag?....thanks
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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/6/2003 6:42 AM   
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Another Flag Ship - 3/6/2003 11:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here is my first flag attempt. It took about 12 hours for the complete covering of the Saphir. It was done pretty much like Gator did his. The only difference is I cheated and used Corel Draw and my vinyl cutter to create the stars on the blue. Everything eles is hand cut.

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/6/2003 6:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		those are GREAT cover schemes FRANKENTHUMB & electric2000.....Gator

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/6/2003 6:50 PM   
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I love the grey wrinkles!

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/6/2003 6:51 PM   
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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/6/2003 7:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Jneesy...how that P.T. flying.....this TACO is takeing the P.T.s place.....heres the top of it

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/6/2003 7:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		its a handfull but im learning . ive kept it in one piece and for me thats great. havent got to fly in a while (nothing with floats) the road to our field is pretty well washed out and it looks to be raining again.

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That looks really good congrats. - 3/6/2003 8:14 PM   
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Please termagator can we have some more - 3/7/2003 5:26 PM   
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That was a great tutorial thank you for taking the time ! - please could you describe how to get some other 3d effects like droplets or especially the torn look.

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/7/2003 6:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think the key for alot of 3D looks is to use transparent covering. The water drops on the GATORADE P.T. were made out of monokote trans green ontop of neon green. I also took tiny slivers of white monokote and iron them ontop of the transparent green to make it look like light was reflecting off them,,,that was alot of work/time...but it was worth it to me...The torn look....if I use a checkerboard , I shade the black sqaures with grey covering, just like the wrinkles in the flag. If the checkerboard is all symetrical sq,s I just cut a small strip of grey and try to tuck it underneath the black that i put down with windex....if the sq are suppose to look like its moveing, I pretty much do the same thing, but its a little more difficult, cause none of the sqs are the same size....hope this helps,,,god luck with your project...oh yeah...Bily hell came up with a nice 3D torn look that i would like to do on my sledge when i get it built, but he's gotta show you that one.......Gator

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/8/2003 11:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gator, your nuts man!!! the covering mad man. I can't wait to get back out there flying with you guys. I'll get out there in the next couple weeks.
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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/9/2003 2:23 AM   
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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/9/2003 4:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		Awesome covering job...a shame to see it wasted on such an ugly R/C aircraft, never will understand the lure of a profile plane.
NICE JOB, THOUGH.

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/9/2003 5:28 AM   
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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/9/2003 7:09 AM   
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a shame to see it wasted on such an ugly R/C aircraft


For me... it's more about performance than looks... In my opinion, profiles are just more aerobatic... Besides.. I think they look pretty cool now.... They sorta grow on you...

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/9/2003 10:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Awesome job on the covering!! Very impressed.


Do more, maybe you could do some articles for the mag!!

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