Covering a Gee Bee Z
Nelson fabric is lighter than 21st Century cuz it doesn't have all the paint embedded in it......
One source I read stated that the origonally covered with fabric, and 14 coats of hand rubbed dope.......
The biggest problem I had with mine was trying to determine exactly what shade of yellow it was.... I couldn't find any color references for the original Z. Both the full size replicas have some scale errors and there is no reason to believe they got the color exactly right.... I settled on copying the Eicher/Kimball GeeBee that now sits in Kermit Weeks Museum........