Can anyone provide a link to a thread from last winter or earlier describing a build for the young daughter of a returning Iraq veteran? I've searched but I can't find it.

I'm trying to choose a color scheme for the Tiger 60 I'm building. My wife suggests purple/pink and I can identify it as her plane. I'd like a look at the photos from that earlier thread before committing to it.

I'll appreciate any help!!

Thanks

Frank

I believe that was RCKen's kadet build in the beginner's section.

Jim

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_72...tm.htm#7243863

About 1/2 way down the page.

This is the complete build thread.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_34..._1/key_/tm.htm

Thanks Jim and oldvet70. That's the one I was looking for. I'm still not sure I can actually put such colors on a model. Someone might think I like it!!

Thanks

Frank

The first order of business for covering is to select a set o colors that can be seen well enough to not loose orentation. This is not a single color, but strongly contrasting colors. All of my planes now have either bright yellow or white stripes on the bottom of the wing alternating with the color of choice for the other part of the stripe. These strips are usually one rib bay wide. The vertical stab/rudder needs to also contrast to the the side colors.

As to the pink, my favirorite plane, a blend of a set of trainer wings and a home built fuselage, had a hot florecent pink fuselage, and yellow wings with yellow/black striped on the bottom. It was a very visiable plane. I didn't even get much ribbing fromt the guys about it either. Fly what you can see first, then worry about the kidding later. If the guys don't like it tell them to take it home and they have two days to get it recovered and back


Don

Thanks, Don, for the encouragement. I'm really not overly concerned about the reaction of the other guys. I was sort of kidding. I'd like a covering scheme with good visibility, nice looking, and not too complicated. I really don't know how to do complicated patterns.

I'm perty much limited to straight lines also. Some turn out OK. The first two are of a GP Super Aeromaster kit I built last year, but haven't got the nerve to maiden it yet. The third is my Pink Stick with stock Laniar Explorer 40 wings. The botom of the Super Aeromaster is typical of any plane I build now.

The bottom vs top pattern difference is the most important thing as far as max visibility is concerned. The colors don't matter much as long as they are easy to distinguish from each other. Patterns whith a flow from the fuse to the wing tip on the top and nose to tail on the bottom seem to be best.

I've got a Pheonix Fun Star ARF that I ended up skinning and am in the process of recovering now. It was one of the current fad coverings of transparent covers, and no difference top to bottom. An absolute nighmare for my 67 year old eyes. On it's last flight, I got it near the runway and between me and the sun and all I could see was a ball of yellow. It was within 200 ft also. I wish I had a video of that flight, when I finally got it under control and back on a landing approach, one of the guys 14 year old grandson was clapping and hooting. I think he thought I had put on a show for him on purpose. It was my fourth flight on the plane and all were a nighmare due to the color. I'm lucky I have an airframe to recover.

Pick some pleasing, contrasting colors and have a go at it. Personally, I think the pink and a marron would be a better combo than the pink and purple. More contrast. I saw one that was a Pink and Teal that really looked good. Let your imagination loose. If you don't like it, strip it off and change colors, like I'm doing now. Send us some photos of what you come up with.

Don

I love the covering on that bipe, was it hard to do and what kind of covering did you use??

geoff

I wish I could claim that it was my idea, but I saw another one, different colors posted here when I was looking for inspriation on the covering.

The white base is Ultrakote. Love that stuff for the comple curves.

The color is all monokote applied using windex with amonia. It worked well on the UltraKote. I guess it took me about a week of work on the trim. It's what I would call a 20 footer. If you get closer, you can start to see my mistakes.

The layout was fun, but once I figured it out, it went on OK. I got some large poster board and drew the pattern on it. I then layed out the color and poked a straight pin through the poster board into the covering. I then used a long straight edge and cut straght lines between the pin *****s. I did one side, then on the other I put the color upside down on the board and poked the pin through again. Things didn't align the way I had hopped, but applying a little Kentucky Windage, it worked out OK. I didn't realize it until my son commented on the Celtic pattern. I guess it is. On the rudder, I ran one color over the second vs piecing them together. That was my first surface, and I only did it with the yellow over teal. All of the rest are butted together.

Some day, I'm going to figure out how to do curves. For now, I trapped in straight lines.

Don