im ready to cover my 4*40 and need some crazy ideas on how to make it look different, could you guys post pic's of your 4*40? what do you guys think of black as a base color? will i be able to see it ok? i hate having my planes look like everybody else's. thanks guys Larry

Not crazy but I like it, the color scheme design by Tom Pierce.

Other pictures and info about the plane is at:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_11...tm.htm#1120607

Black as base color is not good, the dark blue, balck, or even yellow you can't easily tell from couple of hundred feets.

With this color scheme, I sometimes have problem with seeing. I might add some white strips at the bottom like Tom did. I have single yellow. all the bottom

Here's my 4 star 60.. same plane, just bigger!

Note: the light blue top kinda gets lost on bright clear bvlue days,a nd teh darker blue underneath kinda blends withe shadows. won't be my choice for the next one!

Other pics on our site...

thanks guys, those are good looking planes, great covering jobs. i hope my covering comes out half as good as yours,,,,,, still can't decide what color for the base color. maybe ill go with pearl white with black flames on the wings and tail. any tips on how you got your decals to stick? im putting a webra-50 on mine and want to get it in the air before winter hits. Larry

What's wrong wit h"Basic Black?" Shows up very well against all aerial backgrounds except the night sky.

Bill.

Don't wory take your time and it will be good.

It was my first covering and learned a lot.

For decals use windex method, which is simply sparying windex on the covering than putting the decal and removing air bubbles with piece of plastic/card.

also make 45 degree cuts at the corners ro avoid 90 degree angles, I leraned this from MinnFlyer and works great.

I went over the edges with trim solvent to keep them down.

Webra 50, will be good. I have unlimeted vertical with 46FX and 11x5 APC.

Enjoy it.