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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 3/30/2003 7:41:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		Now these are neat tricks!

Anyone ever tried these techinques on the bigger planes? I'm wondering how well the static cling monokote would stick at higher windspeeds.

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 4/1/2003 5:26:07 AM   
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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 4/1/2003 7:21:56 AM   
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I used some "Black Baron" film with windex today and man that stuff really seems to like the windex treatment...G

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 4/1/2003 9:11:38 AM   
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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 4/1/2003 8:03:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		ART, not sure about the QHOR idea....it would probably work just as well useing low heat, Black Baron is a low heat covering....G

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 4/2/2003 3:09:49 AM   
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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 4/8/2003 10:14:31 AM   
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Transparent Solarfilm - 4/8/2003 11:00:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		Has anyone tried this method of covering using transparent solarfilm on top of white solarfilm. Tried a few tests and I find that the transparent film just doesn't look right (ie bubbles etc). Is it best to use a drop of dish washing liquid/water and squeege the air out before applying heat ???


Assistance appreciated


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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 4/9/2003 12:12:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		Michael, cant speak for solarfilm, but with the windex method no heat is necessary.....I tried some Black Baron film a few days ago, and that stuff laid down real nice ontop of monokote.

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 4/9/2003 12:25:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by termagator
Michael, cant speak for solarfilm, but with the windex method no heat is necessary.....I tried some Black Baron film a few days ago, and that stuff laid down real nice ontop of monokote. [/QUOTE]

Am nearly contenplating decal papers which are supplied by [url]www.thedecalpaperstore.com[/url] (like the old airfix decals) Inkjet printable A4 sheets. What do you reckon ?

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 4/9/2003 1:48:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		sounds do-able.I'd like to make my own fuel-proof decals....G

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thermagator : neat stuff! - 4/13/2003 8:25:49 AM   
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Status: online 		thermagator can you tell me how you did the BUDWEISER white letters on red? it looks way cool; i would like to know how to do that...


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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 4/13/2003 10:33:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		That flag is really cool......Im gonna do it on my LT-40 hope mine turns out half as good as yours looks!....thanks for the tips....

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Re: almost complete - 4/13/2003 5:37:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by termagator
Heres the final
after I use heat around all hard edges I come back over the open wing areas with some monokote trim solvent applied with a Q-Tip. this seals down all edges that dont have heat
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So you don't apply heat to the transparent blue/red on the top surface at all then ??

Using Solarfilm on Solarfilm atm. The silver on the white base worked a treat with heat. Would it be possible to if no heat is applied to the red/blue to use the likes of diluted clearcoat over the entire surface ??


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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 4/14/2003 7:22:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah.....NO HEAT out in the center of the blue...but I did use heat around the edges...The BUDWIESER on the Knife was done "free- hand on some banner paper, the banner paper was cut to the size of the wing of the knife. each letter was cut out of the banner paper and then traced around ontop of monokote. The white letters are put down with windex ...NO HEAT..., then I took these same letters and turned then over where they are backwards and trace on the back of some black ultracote just the parts where you want the shadow to be, so the black shadow is just small pieces of black covering. the black was applied with heat.....G

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BOOK - 4/14/2003 11:42:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		TERMAGATOR,you just have to write a book with pictures and how to in it.I"m ready to buy.Seriously,and I bet I'm not the only one.Your covering talents are pretty well known and admired. art43


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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 4/14/2003 8:40:42 PM   
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Thanks alot, I think I got blessed with some artistic ability, but alot of my coverjobs are just from looking around and seeing ideas, like one time. I was useing the bathroom, and I looked in the trashcan, and there was a box of Irish Spring soap in the trash, and BAM, theres an idea.....The applying of the monokote comes with a lot of repitition

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