I am in the process of beginning to media blast a Fei Bao F-18 that I have in Blue Angels scheme. So many people have Blue Angels already so I wanna do something different but the thought of hand sanding the plane down does not really motivate me to jump on this project. So then I thought what about media blasting it with my media blasting setup and seeing if that can speed up the process as well as do a much better job. The biggest thing I was concerned about was the rivet and panel lines.

I ran some tests on my old A-4 fuse to see how some 80 grit aluminum oxide and it worked pretty good but didn't leave as a good a finish as I liked. I have some 40-60 glass bead coming to try on the A-4 so that will hopefully work better. Glass bead is supposed to leave a much more satin finish that would be better suited for paint application.

Feel free to throw in suggestions or experiences.