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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 5/9/2003 12:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		Mr skunk39, I think you are a natural. Those look great!

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 5/9/2003 7:48 AM   
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ultimate critic - 5/9/2003 4:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		Coming from the guy who would be considered the ultimate critic of this particular covering scheme...............Thanks Gator..........it's appreciated..........................Skunk

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Had to try it - 6/28/2003 1:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		Sorry to resurrect an old post, but I was so impressed with the master gator's handiwork, that I had to give it a try. After an untimely accident that required a new wing kit and rebuild on my venture 60, I had a clean slate to work with and test this thing. It is no pro job but will pass the 6' test.

Thanks gator for the thread, as since I have no artistic talent at all, I would never have thought of taking something like this on!

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Forgot the picture!!!! - 6/28/2003 1:35 AM   
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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 6/28/2003 1:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		That looks cool bgorham!! Nice job... I guess your more creative than you thought...

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 6/28/2003 4:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks Paul ...

I did have some trouble with the 'windex' treatment. The venture's wings are not sheeted, so there are 'sags' between the wing ribs. I had real difficulties getting the trim to mold to these irregular shapes. I ended up having to use low heat to get things to finally stay down good. I was wondering if you guys have any tips or tricks on geting good adhesion over irregular surfaces using the windex method?

Also, I used Profilm for a base covering, and solarfilm for the trim. No monokote and ultracoat over here. I did several tests on scrap pieces until I found a good combination of covering materials.

Thanks again for the great help .... Bo

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 6/28/2003 7:41 AM   
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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 7/10/2003 1:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		Man, after reading at pages of this stuff I'm thinking about doing one on my OMP 540FF. I've been inspired by gator. Thanks for sharing the info.


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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 7/10/2003 3:41 AM   
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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 7/29/2003 10:09 PM   
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Well I am ready to do the flag on my Funtana.
Just so I'm clear, when you use the windex with mono over ultra, no other solvent is needed around the edges of the stars?
Just iron down the hard edges, the TE and LE with an iron and leave the edges of the stars down only with windex?
Does the windex activate the adhesive of the mono?

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 7/29/2003 11:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		Mike,
after leaving to dry completely overnight, tack the edges down with a iron where you have a flat and hard surface (sheeted area), and over open areas use a little monokote trim solvent applied with a Q-tip around edges. This will prevent from pealing later. Works great, and does not come off.

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 7/30/2003 12:10 AM   
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My american plane - 8/10/2003 8:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Termigator, you inspired me. What do you do when the wing graphics base color starts to wrinkle after you applied other graphics.
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I believe this happened when applying pressure to the stripes of white that I put on.

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Another pic - 8/10/2003 8:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here is another one!

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Last one - 8/10/2003 8:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here is another one! I love to interesting schemes and want to do my next one in a Harley Davidson theme. I do need help with the wrinkling and bubbles on the second coat. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 8/11/2003 1:27 AM   
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nice job on you plane
if you got some wrinkles on the base covering, try the heat gun, but be very carefull. It may try to blister some of the trim covering on top. do it slowy and work in a small area, preferably where its not seem , like of the bottom of the wing...

Plane looks GREAT.....Gator

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Thanks Termagator! - 9/1/2003 7:33 AM   
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Well a few weeks ago I was looking for ideas for a trim scheme on the white bottom side of my new Sig Somethin' Extra, and I happened upon this thread. I'm very glad I did, and would like to say THANKS to Termagator for posting such a great looking idea!

Now if it will fly as nice as it looks... Maiden tomorrow, weather permitting.



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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 9/1/2003 8:44 AM   
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that looks FANTASTIC!!!!

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Flight Report. - 9/2/2003 4:19 AM   
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Thanks for the complement Termagator! There's a few bubbles and wrinkles when you get up close to it, but it sure does look nice when it's cruising overhead.
The maiden today went flawless. The plane tracks straight and true with no trim changes needed. Man what fun this hobby (sport?) is! This is only my second season flying, and I've only gotten out to fly two weekends this year. The Sig SE is my 2nd plane which is going to replace my Sig Kadet LT40 trainer. After today's perfect flights with the new SE I can't see ever going back to the LT40. This thing is a total blast to fly and lands wonderfully, though a bit faster than my floating Kadet. Hope the weather holds up for next weekend too!

Thanks again for the trim idea and instruction. Keep it up, I'm sure I'll need some ideas for the next plane.

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 9/6/2003 7:27 AM   
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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 9/6/2003 8:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		How cool would it look, to see all of these American flag planes, in the air all at once!

Great work guys!!

Runover, fresh landing gear. I dig lightening holes!

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 9/6/2003 8:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		Greate idea, your plane looks really nice, I think I'll use it on my Sig SE, my next project

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 9/6/2003 2:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well thanks Johnny. I know it looks cool to have lightened it, but I actually bought it that way. I did do that to another gear though.

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How to make a 3D American Flag on your planes - 9/6/2003 8:02 PM   
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