I realize its been a little quiet on the Visa front but that doesn´t mean we haven´t been working. Here are a couple of pictures of Todds new red Visa and Steve Hannahs pink one side by side.

Todd and Steve a long with a few others have been nice enough to let us try a new technique I came up with on there wings.
Everyone knows the all paint wings and stabs are gorgeous when they first arrive but we also know they don´t stay that way on the bottoms for long. Especially if flying of asphalt. This is what I have always disliked about the all paint planes, and there is really no way to prevent the rock dings.

Anyhow what we are doing with their models is I hope the best of both worlds. Silkspan-paint on the top, and Ultrakote on the bottom. First we silkspan, then we Ultrakote the bottom, bringing the seam just around the leading edge on the top. At this point we go to the paint shop and mask off the bottom of the wing. Next is the primer which is overlapping the Utrakote and once sanded hides the lines with just a tiny amount of filler. Now we paint the top like normal up to the clear part where we remove the paint line on the bottom then remask and shoot the clear. Once polished there shouldn´t be any line at all, and if there is, it will be just under the centerline of the leading edge so it will be next to impossible to see.

We are not doing this for weight, as there is no difference, or for ease of contruction as that to is the same. It is purely to help keep the bottom looking new and to help the customer be able to do maintainance without needing to be a professional painter. I will post some pics tonight or tomorrow as we finish up these first sets.

Chip

PS Chris recieved his kits but I hear they are going fast