ORIGINAL: dhal22
ed, i know you're right about the hanger rash thing, but that type of finish fascinates me. i recently acquired an ultrasport 60 with a monocote finish that has seen better days. i don't like it but it serves a purpose. i can place it/throw in the back seat, head to the field and not worry about dents and dings. i can buy rtf planes all day long like that. however, my personal builds i want a paint finish. i will probably make a crate for transporting a painted airplane.
david
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I get the urge to paint once in a while, but then I lay down and take a nap and the urge is usually gone by the time that I wake up. <G>
Just kidding.
I have the Eureka kit of the Banshee. I saw the original (one of them) flown by the designer, Jim Martin, at Lakehurst NAS in the very early Seventies. I just can't imagine a Banshee (even mine) without that beautiful metallic silver paint on it. It just wouldn't be the same.
Like most old farts, I get discouraged by all of the once loved products being discontinued and replaced with new paint technologies. I'm at the point where the brain is about as full as it can get without exploding. I don't want to learn anything else - ever!
It costs a lot of money to get started in painting with automotive paint. At least it is expensive for someone that is only interested in painting one or two models in the foreseeable future. It would pay me to prep it and then hire someone that already has all of the stuff needed to just shoot it for me. But then, I wouldn't have done it...
Ed Cregger