Hello all

I'm in the middle of a Wing mfg. B-25. I'm just about ready to start the fuselage but I wanted to know what type of covering would give me the most scale look and how could I make the rivet holes on that material to look scale.

hope someone can help

:stupid: Gary

Try this thread

http://rcuniverse.com/showthread.php...ghlight=rivets

thanks phayd that thread gave me some good ideas on riveting. What about covering matierials though. I've heard fiber glass and resin will give a pretty realistic look, but have never used it.
any advice on that.

Thanks
Gary

excellent fiberglass techniques at:
http://home.fuse.net/ryan/
http://www.cstsales.com/articles_for_model_builders.htm
www.rcfaq.com

Glassing is easy, you can get a great finish on your first try.

The problem with glassing, is that it adds quite a bit of weight. My TF .60 corsair is not going to be glassed for this reason, although I'm thinking about a partial glassing with the underside of the wings. This would be primarily if the retracts fail to open, I want to be able to belly land without much damage. I've also thought about the wingtips, so that I don't have to cover them.

I'm not totally sure, but I dont think weight will bother this baby. I'm equipping it with 2 Saito .91 FS four strokes. There was an article in Model Air. News a while ago and that guy used 2 o.s 91's he said he was unable to induce a flat stall, or something like that. The just of the article was that 2 91's gave it a lot of power more than enough. I think the plans call for 2 .80's for four stroke. Hopefully I wont have to belly land alot or I'll be replacing the nacells quite a bit. Is glass pretty strong once it sets, could it take a belly landing from that B-25? would yall have recomendations on what oz. glass should I use for general covering and also stress points i.e nacelles, wing joints etc.

thanks

Gary

If you do a glass job correctly, the weight gain is negligable in my opinion. The main trick is to apply just enough epoxy resin to attach the cloth then let it dry. Don't keep pouring it on as the balsa will continue to soak it up like a sponge.
Another thing; When I glass a plane, it's for the finish, not because I think I can make it bullet proof. If you sucessfully "armor" your plane with fiberglass, yes, it will be heavy. The good thing is that properly applied fg will never sag and it's easily repaired when you do get a ding or two in the surface.
Gary, I saw Hal Parenti fly the Wing B-25 at Top Gun this summer. It's a great flying twin. I think there's a photo on my website on the Top Gun photo page. I'm not sure but his appeared to be covered in Chrome Ultracote.