The purpose of glassing a plane is to provide a smooth, hard surface where paint and detailing can be applied." Most everyone agrees that you should build strong in the first place and not rely on glass cloth to provide any measurable amount of additional strength.
Hrm... perhaps that shoots a big hole in some of my pondering and plans... I've been looking at foam slope ships (perhaps a Weasel Pro to start with, and eventually something fun like a Mig3), and one of several "accepted" methods of covering the things involves lots of fiberglass strapping tape (for strength and durability?) followed by colored packing tape or solartex iron-on film. I thought to myself "hrm... why not just get some light-weight glass cloth and glass that bad-boy, skipping the tape business!"
Am I way out in left field, or might this produce acceptable results?