Classic Fundamentals...a tutorial...post your building techniques HERE!

Edited for detail and accuracy!

Peel n ply...dress sizing...stuff that came with a classic model I am building NOW!

Ace R/C High Glider MK II...this is NOT a classic pattern model, it IS a classic that was on my "got'a have list"...got it and now the Family Dose is building.

The kit curiously came with this white stuff and after reading the posts of this thread decided it must be the "dress sizing" stuff. The photos show the materials that I commonly use for center sections when using 6 ounce nylon/glass cloth.

I will tell you that although I show you how I expected to use the "dress material"...my results totally sucked!!! I tore the stuff off before it cured due to the wrinkles. After more thought I have determined that my use of epoxy finishing resin rather than conventional stickier 45 epoxy was a BAD CHOICE. The regular 45 stuff gets firm faster and is more sticky. Obviously the Ace foam wings would have melted if I chose to use the denatured alcohol.

Photos show:

Materials/tools for center section glassing

Ace Mk II in various stages of prep for the "dress material".

Calypso wing used a 6" wide piece of 6 0z cloth AND a 3/4 ounce piece was applied (about 1" wider than 6" piece) after sanding intitial layer. Sanded and additional 2:1 thinned coat applied over entire area, sanded, spackled and sanded. The pipe tunnel was formed with a 2" PVC pipe and 80 grit sand paper wrapped around PVC. 1/64 plywood was glued to the pipe tunnel using white glue on foam and thick CA around the edges. The wing has a 3/16 plywood spar about 10" long with lightening holes drilled with a forstner bit. The model will have an Hanno's "original" color scheme consisting of white, cream, red and dark blue film. The area was first masked with light green 1/8" 3M fine line painting tape and brown paper was added to protect the wing. One coat of Monokote primer was sprayed using a slightly heated can (30 year old Monokote heat gun) followed by Dark Blue Monokote paint and a final coat of Monokote clear. The covering will be over-lapped about 1/8" and a bead of clear fingernail polish over the edge.

Dirty Birdy wing...I know conventional gear...long story. Several coats of the finshing resin, sanding, feather lite spackling for the edges. The rear wing mount is a combination of plywood and very hard to find "phenolic" micro balloons and finishing resin. The phenolic/finsihing resin is very easy to sand and work with. Supra retracts with Futaba 136G retract servo.

Sig Komet wing showing 1/64th plywood (from original sealed 1970's kit) wing skins attached with Dave Brown Southern Sorgham (call the hobby shop located to the AMA National flying site for more of this impossible to find stuff)

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