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Ok. I'm building a HOB 1/12 P-51. This plane has a one piece canopy and turtle deck. Because of this I would like to paint the plane instead of using an iron on film. I'm afraid the heat from the iron would distort the turtle deck. That being said, I need a nitro proof/resistant paint that will not attack the plastic turtle deck. I would like to do a silk and dope job but I would think the dope would attack the plastic as well. This is a small plane and I want to keep it as light as possible.

How would you go about painting something like this , and what paint would you use that will not attack the turtle deck?

Thanks for your help

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Just mask off the clear sections, scuff the plastic with light sandpaper, I've never had Dope or Polyurethane product hurt canopy plastic.

I built quite a few of the HOB kits back in the day, I used monokote and Pactra/Midwest Aero-Gloss Dope on many

good luck

tacx

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Top Flight LustreKote.

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