I seem to just go 'freestyle'. As I build, I get an idea of what the coveirng scheme will look like. then, I start. i quickly leanred the 'windex / glass method' for overlaying Monokote & creating patterened 'monokote' sheets. then teh fun part of aligning it all up. Rarely do my planes have 'straight' monokote edges! Well, most of the time!!
Ugly Sticks are supposwed to be ugly!
Er, I should use 'Ultracote' in place of Monokote, as i find Ultracote' much much easier to use & manipulate than Mono.