RCKen thanks for chiming in! As I thought about it, I though lightweight spackling might indeed work.

Ken, I'm sorry my PIF thread has started PickOn Ken Fridays again, I'm innocent! I just think the Barbie covering might help me justify in my own mind buying planes and dragging my kids out to the field. At this point I crash every time on the hobby store's demo simulator, and I can't afford my own simulator yet, but I do find SUCH satisfaction in buying old trainers, modernizing them, and recovering them to look beautiful. At this point I now have 4 planes, and I have never even flown on sticks, let alone solo-ed. Perhaps I'm a builder and not a flyer, but I so want to be able to fly.

how will I get over the fear of crashing my handiwork?