Bryan,
You may remember my Black Magic V2 from the NATs a few years ago (the red and white one). That plane has silkspan + Nitrate Dope and Nelson paint on the fuse but Monokote on the wings and stab's. I know that if I could Monokote as well as Bob Noll THAT's the method I'd use for all of my planes. I think it's the best tradeoff as far as appearnace / weight goes. I was thinking of completely painting my VF-3's but instead of using 'glass like most people do I was going to use the silkspan method on the wings and stab's too. I don't think this will be much of a problem as far as strength is concerned since they're probably going to be electric.

John Pavlick
Team Black Magic, Tech-Aero Designs