Rainy day, that plane is absolutely gorgeous. I saw a plane like that win an award at the WRAM Show in 2004. You should enter it if you have a similar show nearby.

The basic premis of this thread is that I want to use an LT-40 that I'm currently building to cut my teeth on a glass epoxy finish, and Klasskote. I have a Scale project in the wings, and I don't want to use that as my 'learning tool'. I'm willing to accept the weight gain, etc., on the LT-40 in order to gain experience.

But, the LT-40 has some open areas in the aft fuse and from everything that I've read, you can't put epoxy over glass over an open area, so I was thinking about applying some silkspan (it has a tight weave) over those open areas before I applied the glass and epoxy finish. I just wanted to investigate the feasability of doing this.

I have some silk (from thai silk) and maybe I'll give your idea a try. My LHS should have some nitrate dope. I don't want to do anything fancy because the covered areas won't show.

I've had a Playboy Sr. semi-kit for about 3 years that I keep threatening to build, and I bought a Dennyplane at an auction but haven't flown it yet. The Dennyplane has a Monokote finish. But, I might consider silk and dope for the Playboy when I finally get around to it.

Thanks for the tip. And, thanks for those photos... beautiful finish on that plane.

Bob