What do I do with this covering job?
As indicated in my other posts, I just got myself a Reactor Bipe 61. While inspecting through the kit I noticed that the wing tips on the lower wing are not finished properly. Please see the attached images. This problem is present on all the wing tips but the lower RHS one has the max problem.
Actually, it was much worse than thos images. There was actually a fold in the orange part of the covering. To get rid of the wrinkles, I used a sealing iron. First I ran it over all the monokote directly in contact with the wooden parts all around the area and further still to ensure that the monokote will not pull off the remianing areas when I try to shrink the wrinkles. Then, finally I applied the tip of the shoe to force the monokote to shrink. I was able to get rid of the fold but not the wrinkles even with the iron set to high heat. As you can see the wrinkling is still there quite a bit. Also, you can see the wood start to be seen in the stiffning part of the aileron so I dare not apply any more heat with the iron just there. What can I do in this regard? I dont have a heat gun but I do have a hair drier, so should I apply the hair drier's nozzle close to the wrinkled area and try to remove the wrinkles? In the first place, will this extent of wrinkling go away? On my earlier airplanes with the same Topflite covering the hair-drier has worked, it simply takes more time
Or should I write to GP and ask them for a solution? From my country, shipping the wing back for inspection is out of the question, the shipping may cost more than the price of a new wing.
Ameyam