Sealing the gaps only needs to be done if you're flying very precision aircraft (Like pattern Planes) or if you have an exceptionally large gap.

I stopped doing it years ago and never looked back

another pic hopefully

Hey lookin pretty good.

Good lord man,
You are making us all feel very self-conscious. That plane is looking great.

I do wonder how you would cover a Balsa cowl. I just did the one I added to my 4* and I used strips of covering and blended them together, but I was not happy with it. Would you use 4 hands (one for the plane, one for the heat gun, and two to pull the covering around the whole cowl)? Minn, do you have any pictures or videos of that?
Thanks,
Curtis

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Cool thanks Minn

You coulda give him 4 thumbs up.

Hey, I had to borrow one as it is!

I thought it looked a little different.

Building my first plane (GreatPlanes PT-40 MkII nitro trainer) I have no experience with any covering.
I was preping and painting car for a few years lots of experience masking paint jobs can't I cover the
plane with one color then paint a design on it?

Try some of the fabrics like coverite, solartex or koverall

Yes, you can. Just be sure to use fuel-proof paint

If you do not have your surfaces against each other it is a good idea to seal the gaps

Are you sure you never covered before? WATERBOARD HIM!

lol nope never done it before. Just a lot of great info for the finding and a little beginners luck. Ran across a great video to do some amazing grafix with trim on you tube today going to try it on my next cover job.



john

Nice Job!!! Keep posting pics as you go.