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

Yes, I hate prep for painting and painting too!

$400 for 4 colors of base coat clear coat auto paint
$500 for spray equipment to apply the above materials.

Feeling of wiping off a painted model...Priceless!

The trick first then a few examples...Bob Violett pin hole filler will save you at least (1) maybe (2) coats of primer, save weight, save a bunch of time and $$. After you have applied 3/4 ounce glass cloth using very thinned Z-poxy finishing resin and denatured alcohol (thin to preference at least 1:1), sand with 220 wet dry-dry. Re-coat with 2 parts denatured alcohol and finsihing resin. Sand with 220 then 320 dry. Clean with wax/grease remover and paper towel.

Buy a jar of the BVN pin hole filler for about $6.00 and follow the directions, The directions say to apply the stuff all over the surface with a paper towel. (It has the consistency of toothpaste.) Let dry for an hour and prime. When I am lazy (remember I hate painting) I use a can of rustoleum primer well shaken and slightly heated with my 30 year old Monokote heat gun.

The photos show the "magic" jar of goop from BVM.

The Ace R/C High Glider motor pod. The pod is made of balsa and plywood dents filled with lite spackle and final sanded with 320. I applied (1) coat of finishing resin with a 1:1 mixture of z-poxy and denatured alcohol applied with a crappy disposable epoxy brush. Let dry over night and sand with 220 then 320 wet/dry. Add the BVN goop...wipe off completely after one hour and light coat of cheap primer. Let dry over night, final sand with 320 wet (spit), wax and grease remover to clean and a final quick coat of gray primer.

The same process was used for the Dirty Birdy rudder that I forgot to prime when I had the fuselage professionally primed with auto primer. The rudder came out just great using the above process in my work shop.

Other photos show the Dirty Birdy ready for final color (like the original) using PPG paints with urethane clear. The stab will be Monokote about 1/4 beyond the filet, overlapping the paint edge about 1/8" and a bead of clear nail polish over the edge.

Rusty Dose
Team Futaba