RE: Top Flite Contender
Thank you for all the compliments. The kit was 20 years old, I finished it 5 years ago and have been flying it since.
For the covering,I started on the top centerline and applied the white on the left and right down to the uppercorner on the side. Then the bottom and lower side was done in dark blue. On the wing, I pre cut the blue ond white panels, overlapped them 1/8" and joined them with a trim iron. This piece was then applied to the wing,
I have included some more pictures. As a note the old kit only had a 46" wing span. The inverted engine was the recomended way to build the original kit. If you look at the pictures you will notice that the ailerons are driven by a single servo thru belcanks at the ends.