The owner of my LHS is also my building mentor. He loves transparent covering - hasn't gone totally clear "yet". His advice is "build like you're going to cover with clear". According to Jerry ...<div><ul>[*]Sand everything with 220 before you touch it with glue[*]use q-tips with alcohol to clean epoxied joints / surfaces[*]use q-tips & paper towels with water to clean aliphatic resin[*]keep CA joints to a minimum because they discolor the wood[*]use dado joints instead of butt joints - way nicer on the kool factor[*]plan your hinge joints - if the hinge extends past the leading or trailing edge wood add a nicely sanded block[*]when creating balsa sheeting with glue joints wash the joint down well before allowing it to set up[*]don't use ink / hard pencil to mark your wood - unless you want some reading material while preping the plane for flight
[*]different aliphatic resins dry different colors - test 'em.[/list]<div>Kool project - ya just gotta do a build thread when you're ready to go.</div><div></div><div>Oh - sorry if some of the items are just down right obvious - not meaning anything by it ...
pic 1 - my only attempt at a "nearly" transparent covering job - there's gotta be a way to hide the servo wires ...
I got a bit "detail oriented". Each of the stick joints has a 1/64" ply gusset. Joints that were butt joined had little dowels added - structural and cosmetic.</div></div>