Pcm Dv8r covering material
 

Hi fellas, a good friend of mine has given me a Pcm Dv8r kit to build and i'm after a few tips.
As i really hate covering (monocote etc) and i am terrible at applying it i am thinking of glassing it. I have glassed and painted a couple of planes and really like the finish. Some people have expressed concern about weight especially in the tail section.Has anyone out there glassed and painted one of these? and did you have any issues with that? If i do it as light as possible i think it will be OK.
Also any other suggestions.
Cheers

You have a PM. I have some info but also needs some help
regards

If you are really worried about weight.....then glass with Poly. It is much lighter, though I would argue not quite as strong as a resin glass. I would think it would be no problem, as long as you are not on the low end of power the model recommends.

They've been glassed before; thought this thing was a real floater, anyway...

Maybe search the archives for glassing articles. There was one out there on another webpage by Terry Holsten I think, showing how to use polyester peel ply (really a polyester cloth from Walmart) to cover over the resined part and lifting it once cured to take out the extra resin and leaving a sand-able surface. Just like vacuum bagging but without the vacuum bag. Looked really, really effective and seemed to leave a very light part/plane not much heavier than film.

Do it right with patience and the right materials and you won't have a problem.

Here you go:

FIBER GLASSING

Great write up - the guy has skills.