Mike,

I used a lot of old film i had lying around. There's Monokote, Profilm and Solarfilm, as long as they were a close match i didn't mind. Not many people have picked the fact that i have filmed them.

I scanned the original tail plane and printed it , then i used the print out as a template for the film.

As far as greasing goes just as John says, it's no big deal really.

Hope this helps

Chris
PS Have now got 35 flights on my beast, and going strong