Originally Posted by
Blair K.
I'm glad it went well, I noticed you did the panel lines, I have seen the videos on it but was scratching my head as to how you keep your film tight and not loose your detail?
I own 4 hangar 9 warbirds and not one of them doesn't need a good iron at least every 4 trips to the field, my big P-47 developed bubbles in the film by its first afternoon at the field, I covered it when not flying and actually put it undercover and it still blistered, perhaps our Sun is harsher than other countries?
as described earlier in this build thread, I spent about 4 hours chasing wrinkles prior to doing any of the panel lines. I used a straight edge to draw the lines, then laid masking tape along a wooden yard stick, and marked off 1/4 inch marks. Then laid the tape along the lines and used a 1/32 copper rod attached to a low wattage soldong iron and went heat-tapping along the masking tape. Used smuges of black paint for oil effect. When all done, sprayed over it with flat clear.