VERY nice!

For reinforcement tape, I make my own out of the Solartex itself. My wife showed me how!

There are rotary cutters available at craft/fabric stores like Hobby Lobby. I use a straight blade to rough cut my covering. But the circular blades also come in a variety of 'pinking' designs. I pick one that's close to the scale I need and cut strips to the width I need then iron those strips right over the base solartex layer. Is it exact scale? No. But I can get pretty close. Just be patient and get those cuts parallel. Sure, you waste a few strips but it's fun. When I did my 1/4 scale Cub it felt like I cut 2 miles of pinked strips. But the finished result looks great!!!!

The problem with Solartex is that once you use it your spoiled. I think it has also resulted in me building one plane over another. By that I mean that given a choice between building an Extra 300 or a Fokker D. VIII, I'll go with the D. VIII and solartex so I don't have to fool with plastic. : ) As I've mentioned before, I've also cut simple graphics like Maltese crosses out of 21st Century fabric and, with it's shine, it can be applied right on Solartex and that looks really nice as well. Maybe you've already figured out that I'll do ANYTHING to minimize painting. But when I do have to paint it's Nelson latex all the way.