I laid Mono over Ultra. Anyone experience hitting it with a heat gun and BIG bubbles coming up? I mean bubbles that stretch the film way out and then immediately go down. There is now way to make it look perfect after that. I'm not sure why it would do that. There is no Windex in there.

hmmm..... I laid also monokote over ultracote with the windex method, and everything was fine. I actually just sealed the edges with a iron and/or trim solvent. There should be no need to hit it with the heat gun. You use the windex method in order to not have wrinkles and bubbles in there.
Don't know what could have caused that. Do you have to recover now ? That would suck !

I don't think I'm giong to recover. It won't matter in a few months after I have beat her down a bit. I am thinking of a way to fix just those two areas. It still looks good but not perfect. I'm not a big fan of perfect anyway.

I agree with you Billy... Perfect is overratted.... Just consider it a new way that you won't try again..... I'm sure it still looks plenty cool.

I'm not sure guys....but ultracote is low heat application....monocote is high heat application? whad'ya think?

yeah, mono and mono from here on out. I have an idea to try and fix it but here is something most people wouldn't admit. The plane looked wrong after I slide the wing in last night. When I got home from work it hit me....I put the verticle stab/cockpit on the wrong side. That's right, fuse upside down. Thankfully I didn't glue the wing. I considered leaving it on and builing another one. That would be pretty weird but the tail wheel might not like it.

Well I haven't stuffed the turkey yet but the skin is done.

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OH YEAH!!!!!!ME LIKEY LIKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I might have to come to Nashville just to see that slick plane...can I do my TACO like that without being called a "HACK"?<GRIN>....G

Yeah you can. I already have a "super secret" scheme put toghether for my next plane. The wife is going to kill me if I build another plane in the living room but it must be done!

First of all - I Like that! - Billy
In regards to your comment on your wife not wanting you to build in the living room - Well - it is a "Living room", we live to fly, thereby we build, thence the living room is a perfect place to build! Perfect logic to us!
We never can seem to win, now can we. They complain when your in your shop building, etc., then when you try and combine your building and spending time with them, they complain too!
Oh Well!
Kevin

I build on the kitchen table at times.....And I hope....I say I HOPE she says something!!!!! I have some gas money held back for her on just that special occasion....heheee

On the left is the photoshop prototype I made and on the right is what came out of the balsa dust cloud.

Looks really wicked Billy!!! Nice job!!! You rock!!!!

What color monokote is the flames billy?

It was supposed to be pearl white. I have a little problem with the whole sceme because the mono pearl white looks awfully like silver to me and I was going for the starkness of the white. I'll see how it looks in the air.

OK OK, I will say that you did a great job !

I am so jealous !

IT ROCKS DUDE !!!!!!!

I like yours just as much.

Ulf
How do you like the chopped wing tips? I think it looks very "49 Merc". We will see how it flies. I can always put them back on.

It does look "49 Merc" with those tips off ! I like very mucho ! Should roll fast ! When is your test flight planned ?

Who knows but the Pen Knife will be going out with it. At least the engine on the GHB is broken in and dead on reliable. The TT on the PK seems great as well though.

did you use the engine from your Knife ?

Naw, I'm pulling the motor out of the Top Cap. It has the vintage Irvine Super Pipe I found at a LHS. Not as much power as the UT but nice and linear in the power curve. I'm hoping it will be just right. I also have Gator's old Tower muffler if the Irvine isn't enough.
I'm sticking my Enya .80 in the TC. One day I will get to fly everything!

Well short of putting on the throttle linkage (I forgot). She is glued down, strapped on and ready to go. I will weigh it tonight but it feels very light. Looks good. I'm anxious to do a low knife edge pass over the runway. Here are the final pics. Thanks everyone for your help. There are a few things I would do different but maybe she will hold up.