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Old 10-20-2008, 11:29 PM
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Default RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

Slow but sure. Got the colors just forward of the squadron band, and the roundels.

The process is not too complicated- I drew the camo pattern on the airframe, then use tracing paper to make a template of each piece. I have a 2x3 foot piece of 1/8 glass I use as a cutting board. I cut a piece of covering a little larger than the template, remove the backing, then put it on the glass with some windex under it so I can squegee it out flat. Then, tape the template to it and use a razor blade to cut it out. The hardest part is remembering to put in a 1/8 - 3/16" overlap on the forward and upper edges as I work forward and up.


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