Hi all, I recently got my hands on a kit from Japan. Its a Fantasista Evo http://www.ctt.ne.jp/~wcraft/
Its a typical laser cut built up balsa airframe with light carbon parts for the belly and nose section.

my question is what special techniques do you guys have when finishing built up balsa airframes? epoxy or polyurethane varish, and fibreglass cloth? any other threads relating to finishing?

I was going to use basecoat/ clearcoat, and do some trails first. rather than using expensive basecoat colours for the complete airframe, I would try enamel or acrylic paint for smaller areas such as pin strips. the small jars of acrylic paint sold in model shops have a wide range of colours including metallics etc. anyone else tried this? from the Japanese blogs I have seen it appears they use a mixture of paints, let it cure well, then wet sand all ridges smooth and then the final clear coat.

http://f3a.sakura.ne.jp/radiocontrol...dction_31.html this blog is full of information

Anthony