OK... I got some good work in on covering my LT-40. I haven't started the wing yet. I wanted to get a bit more practice in on the fuselage before I started on the wing. The wing will have the largest areas of covering, and will show any errors the most.

I worked my way from the back/bottom of the plane towards the front.

I ran into one problem. While trying to tighten the monocoat on the rudder, the coat would slid up from the inside corner at the base of the rudder. Finally I got fed-up, and ripped the coat off and tried a second time. Following RCKen's methods, I put a small strip to cover the inside corner.

I needed to cut the bottom of the rudder angle into the monocoat so I could get a tight fit. To do this, I taped some paper onto the rudder, then used a 1/2" stick as a spacer traced a line onto the paper. I then taped the paper onto the monocoat, and cut the paper and monocoat together. Then placed the monocoat/paper onto the plane. I tacked the monocoat in place, and removed the paper.

Another thing I did this time, was I used the iron on the bottom, front, and top of the rudder. And tacked several places along the back. But I didn't completely sealed it. I wanted to make sure the hot air had a way to escape. I also made sure not to iron along the rudder ribs. Then I shrunk it with the heat gun. The wrinkles came out pretty quickly this way. Once I was happy, I hit it with an iron, and sealed down the back, and along the rudder ribs.

I then went on to finish the fuselage. Right now I plan on adding a white star to the rudder. I really like that I put white along the leading edge of the elevator. It wraps under and extends 1/2" onto the bottom.

Thoughts/opinions??? A part of me thinks I'm missing something yet, but I can't think of it.



TIA,

Lyndon