Thanks once again for all the replies guy's!

Well after an evening of feeling really bogged down with this cold/flu thing it finally seems to be letting up a little so I had most of the day in the workshop yesterday to get the wings finished off. I had a couple of hours out here and there doing family stuff, oh and a trip to our LHS to source some gold covering , the results can be seen for yourselves, again, I really enjoyed this little task, after a short layoff it was good to get the grey cells churning again

So, first up was to final fill and sand the repairs. I then mixed up some surface primer (I actually used aliphatic as my pva had gone off [sm=red_smile.gif], well I did say it had been a while, LOL) with a little water to a just thicker than milk consistancy. Then I took a piece of the foam I mentioned previously (always use a new piece, the dust gets picked up during use and eventually clogs up the foam, this can get left on the surface if your not careful!) and applied it to the wing surface following the grain of the wood, start at one end and smear it on in one stroke, repeat over the surface until covered. When it's covered use your heat gun to air dry the surface, keep the tip of the gun around 24" away from the wing surface to prevent blistering. Once it's air dried your ready to cover!