Ah. the sweet, intoxicating smell of nitrate dope! I have applied the first fill coat of thinned dope with corn starch added. I could not find any unscented talc in the nearby village so went with corn starch. When the wing dried I noticed that the fabric at the tips had relaxed a little. I reshrank it and it looks better than ever. I have sanded the first coat with 420 grit in preparation for the second coat. It is starting to get shiny already. I need to get my order in to Klasskote for their primer and top colors. Does anyone have experiance with their epoxy paint? I am interested in how far it goes. I would hate to buy too much as the stuff is quite expensive. On the other hand, "not enough" is worse. I think I painted a pica T 28 with 2 pints of hobbypoxy (2 color, 2 catalist) back when it was available. Does that sound about right for a plane of this size? I will spray it on with an HVLP touch up gun. The wings, upper fuselage, and swoose will be cream and lower fuselage will be bright red. It is going to take a while for me to get to the paint stage but I will check in with progress reports as it moves along.
More later.