light over dark covering?
11-10-2007, 05:02 PM
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light over dark covering?
I have only covered one model to date. And I see that the instructions to monokote say that you should avoid putting light over dark coverings.
I want to have a plane with either monokote or ultracote, insignia blue with yellow trim. Will the yellow look ok over the blue? Is one brand better than the other for that? Will I be able to see the blue through the yellow?
I want to have a plane with either monokote or ultracote, insignia blue with yellow trim. Will the yellow look ok over the blue? Is one brand better than the other for that? Will I be able to see the blue through the yellow?
11-11-2007, 04:35 AM
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RE: light over dark covering?
remove the blue where the yellow will be.....or put white under the yellow....but the down side to that is weight and you have an area that is stuck above the surface that will catch your cleaning rag.....
11-11-2007, 09:30 AM
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RE: light over dark covering?
This is what I'm doing. I have a GP Dazzler kit, that I want to cover in U of Michigan colors/style. Don't worry State fans, my next plane will be in Green and White. Football is U of M, Hockey... gotta' go with State.
Bottom of wings, bottom of stab, and bottom fuse will be yellow. Fin, top and sides of fuse, top of wings will be insignia blue. The tricky part is that I want the helment design on the wings. If you look at the center of the helment, and split it, I want each wing to make roughly one half of the helment design.
I may just cover the entire wing in yellow, and make a big wing cut-out of the insignia blue, so the yellow will not be covered in the proper areas to duplicate the helment design. I basicaly looking for that blue background, with the yellow wings/stripes that are on the helment.
Check out this link if you're not familiar with U of M's helment design.
[link=http://www.mgoblue.com/section_display.cfm?section_id=185&top=2&level=2]U of M Football[/link]
Bottom of wings, bottom of stab, and bottom fuse will be yellow. Fin, top and sides of fuse, top of wings will be insignia blue. The tricky part is that I want the helment design on the wings. If you look at the center of the helment, and split it, I want each wing to make roughly one half of the helment design.
I may just cover the entire wing in yellow, and make a big wing cut-out of the insignia blue, so the yellow will not be covered in the proper areas to duplicate the helment design. I basicaly looking for that blue background, with the yellow wings/stripes that are on the helment.
Check out this link if you're not familiar with U of M's helment design.
[link=http://www.mgoblue.com/section_display.cfm?section_id=185&top=2&level=2]U of M Football[/link]
11-11-2007, 03:35 PM
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RE: light over dark covering?
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For something with that kind of detail. I would use vinal. Put your blue down. Then get a sign shop to cut out the yellow from vinal and put it down. The vinal will not bleed the colors as bad.
David
For something with that kind of detail. I would use vinal. Put your blue down. Then get a sign shop to cut out the yellow from vinal and put it down. The vinal will not bleed the colors as bad.
David
