The plane will house the HB 40 engine. I covered the entire plane with Super Coverite (light blue and cream), detailed with red stripping tape. Plastic cowl and wheel pants were painted with Krylon and Osh generic enamels, then clear-coated entire assembly with X-I-M 900 Clear Coat, a solvent-based acrylic protective clear. Clear-coating the planes structure was a breeze with wheel pants attached to wing. Only a small area of decal on wing developed a small crinkled look, but the material and wheel pants were superb. I was not as lucky with the cowling however. The clear coat began to crinkle and bubble the paint immediately. At first I thought this was due to the difference in plastics, but in retrospect, I think that I may have applied the clear coat to the cowl to soon. I have now let the cowl paint cure for two + weeks and will attempt to apply clear coat again.


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