RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build
Nice lookin bird, Savoy. Did you weigh yours? We're all curious on that matter. Seems like so many of them end up way beyond what TopFlite claims.
Covering on mine is coming along slow but sure. First time doing an entire model in UltraCote. It has a couple of qualities I really like: it sticks to wood much better than monokote, and gets "stretchable" at a much lower temperature. I can use one iron set for sticking, around 220F, and another for stretching, around 275. As I'm doing a multi section camo job, I'm starting at the tail and working upward and forward, and each piece is getting stuck down completely to the wood. I'm putting relief cut transition pieces in all the corners, around all the big curves, and inside all the holes. Seems to be working well. I applied one coat of thinned finishing epoxy to all the surfaces, and sanded up through 800 grit.