Nice work and good trick Andy!

It is a useful covering tip which would have served me well when I was covering sport models on a more regular basis (not that I've given up entirely on them - I still have a little "for fun" Shoestring to cover).

Since I started building classics, I've found that it is preferable to basically build the model to completion before applying covering. The reason for this is primarily to allow things like fillets to be produced between surfaces and then pre-cover the junctions (i.e., fillets) before applying the larger pieces. This approach is more tedious and time consuming but it results in models which exhibit less or no "covering junctions".

Of course each model has its preferred approach depending on how it's designed. I've found that Prettner's later models have designs which lend themselves well to "component covering" prior to assembly while models with airfoiled tail surfaces are better covered post assembly.

Looking forward to seeing it finished!

David.