I painted my Sig 1/5 Scale Cub with Nelson Hobby Paint directly over the SolarTex covering. No Nelson primer was used except on the landing gear and on the aluminum struts. Paint has held up great over the couple of years I have been flying it.

I found the Nelson paint a little difficult to use so I doubt I would choose that paint again. Like I said, it is holding up good, but it seems to resist everything including itself when painting. I had to mask everything, spray the color, then cut around the entire mask to prevent the paint from lifting as the mask was removed. Then I had to clear the entire plane to prevent each colored from lifting at the edges. My Cub is all Nelson paint with no stickers. I gave up on the paint and omitted the numbers from the sides of the plane.

Let me revise an earlier statement. The Cowl paint is not Nelson, it is AutoAir colors with PPG clear. I had the clear on hand and I hand mixed the AutoAir colored to get the correct blue for the cowl.

The 1/5th Sig Cub was one of my favorite builds, a great kit. And it flies excellent.

Here is my build thread and a link to some videos I made with my Cub:

http://www2.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38812

http://youtu.be/A0WJelqyLJA

http://youtu.be/CtypDZje05s

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