A recent thread in the Beginner's forurm [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_8521398/tm.htm]here[/link] on how to plan for covering got me thinking. Whenever I cover it seems to take FOREVER to get through the multi-element patterns. Now I am certian it's mostly technique, but as I thought about that, I ran across [link=http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXTEU9&P=ML]this[/link] plane over at Tower. This is the Reactor Bipe and its an ARF. I like this pattern and began wondering how the ARF manufactures streamline the covering process. Outside of sheer repetition, there must be some technique involved too. Do they first cover the entire plane in White, then add the multiple colors on top of a fully covered plane (or assembly)? Is that the most efficient way to apply covering? Just curious...what do you guys think/know?

-MA