Hello all,

I just got an extra 300S .60 size. I will most likely run a .91 4 stroke.

I was thinking that I do not want to monokote this plane. I was thinking of fiber glassing it. I want to air paint and air brush this one.

I need a lot of advice here

Thanks [8D]

Jeff

I think most would say don't try to fiberglass it. The plane has a lot of open bays that would require sheeting, and with the extra sheeting, fiberglass and paint, you'd probably end up making the plane heavier than it should be. I just finished building one of these, and have followed both of the current threads on it. You should check those out for some interesting info. I covered mine in monokote, but just finished recovering another plane in ultracote and will be using ultracote in the future.

Why don't you want to use an iron-on covering? Why would you prefer fiber glassing?

I really don't understand the aversion to Monokote I here about on RCU. Here is the Sig Somethin Extra I'm covering showing the turtledeck. It wasn't hard. I just cut a paper cutout so I knew the shape of the Monokote to cut. Made sure it laid flat. Tacked the corners and used a heat until the covering started to show signs of shrinking, then I used a fuzzy glove to press against the covering. Presto no wrinkles. I've still got the top five colors on the wing to windex on. Everything so far has not used the windex method.
John

I don't know about the aversion part, but I don't see any reason not to use it. Some very pretty airplanes can be built using film covering. Here's some pictures of a Goldberg Staudacher and Chipmunk I built. I think they both turned out OK.

Too heavy is what I thought. I can do a pretty good job using ultracote. But ultrcaote or any other similar type covering does not stand like fiberglass. Fiberglass lasts the life of the plane, smoother, and easer to air brush. Oh and if done right looks way better. This plane is just too small to glass, ends up being to heavy.

I will glass my next plane Giant scale P-47

Thank you all for your input