RE: Customizing monokote/ultracote looks (ie painting on/detailing) Hangar 9 Spitfire
Hey Mirwin,
I am actually here in S Texas, stationed at Kingsville Naval Air Station with the Navy. Been here for about 6 months now. I'm originally from Hawaii. The people here are nice, though I do need to beef up on my Spanish ;-)
As for the paints, I found a decent selection in the Home Depot in Corpus, and got the auto primer, a test camo green, and the clear coat. The clear coat does say glossy, however I am wondering if a light sand would keep the protective coat but flatten it out. I also got some Testors spray enamel to test as well (once again, a primer, color, and this time a dull coat) Any word on these paints??? I have a crashed plane I am doing some test painting on. The Rustoleum seems really nice, yet making the proper colors and flat quality still poses a challenge. If I can get the Testor model paints to work, then I'd be golden. Any ideas? BTW the green side of a 3M sponge pad words very well for the initial sanding, and actually would do a great job at simply changing a glossy Hangar 9 Warbird into a flat scheme. You also don't run the risk of damaging the covering, and you can't see any rub marks!
I'll keep you updated. The Camel thread seemed interesting and a possible method I might resort to if these don't work. I tried to contact the guy, but my RC groups registration won't send me a confirmation email so I can't post anything :-( Thanks again for the help.
Charles