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Old 05-20-2006 | 09:52 PM
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Default RE: Flite Metal... Help!!!

Hello Randy:

I'm actually rewriting the application instructions. There are many hints and suggestions which we can add to
the instructions as well. These will appear with the CD I plan to offer thanks to Mr. McFarland's camera work
as he covered his P-47.

Ian Richardson's BVM F-100
Placing a plastic ruler on its thin edge in the center of a panel and rotating it about its center will help you to
see the largest contact patch between the surface and the yet to be applied Flite-Metal. Placing the rectangle
of Flite-Metal square to the center of the masked off panel then making the initial burnishing with your finger
along the line of the largest/longest contact patch will permit Flite-Metal to gently stretch while you burnish.

When stretch is needed, simply burnish with greater force across the shape change, working outward across
the entire panel area rather than concentrating in one area. Think in terms of covering with plastic film. It has
to be ironed on over a large area to prevent wrinkles...being evenly ironed as you move forward and across
the surface.

Hope these suggestions helped.
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