I had one of the greatest Christmas's in a long time. After spending yesterday with my kids and grandsons due to work and other obligations, that left my entire day today to my little ole lonesome. It was pretty nice though. I spent the whole day with a certain very large Yak. I jumped in first thing this morning and started getting more of that pesky covering done. I have to say, I have a new found respect for all those that do the covering of these big planes. I am not so sure I want to do another one any time soon. It amazes me how the factories can pump them out one right after another. This scheme is much prettier than I imagined, but a lot of work.
After I did a final sanding of the opened up area where I put the backer block in to support the control horns, it was time to heat up the iron and get after the covering. The outline of where I marked the cutout is very apparent, however after the sanding...it is as smooth as a babies behind.
After I blew away the residual sanding dust, I used my favorite cleaner on clean dry towlets. I have used tack cloths in the past, but lately I have been using this glass cleaner. It has no strange additives nor cleaners that impede the adhesion of covering. Plus it really sucks up any sanding dust that is left behind.
Once I was confident the rudder was clean... and dry, I started with the base white coat of covering. I was anxious to see just how well my repairs came out. Oh, and remember back a few posts where I did the rudder repair up top from being grabbed and crushed? That too was on my mind. I just hoped it was all going to look good under covering. Though it all felt and looked good before hand, like a coat of paint, covering shows every imperfection and flaw.
Needless to say, I was quite pleased and somewhat shocked at how well the repairs came out. Smooth to the touch and quite hidden. Next, time for some accent colors.
It took me pretty much all day to get to this point. But well worth it. Pardon the mess in my covering/living room. The big Yak takes up a lot of room and things get cluttered quite quickly.
I am really getting excited now. This monster is really turning out quite impressive. Colors are bold, scheme is really different from other planes I have had. I can't wait to get the rest of it covered and do a mock assembly just to get an idea of how she is going to look.
Tomorrow I will get the left stab/elevator covered along with the forward hatch cover. Perhaps Sunday, I will start on the wings. I am really looking forward to getting the decals from B & E. They will dress this plane up really great. I also received with my 34x12 Falcon from North West RC, some very nice decals. I have to thank
@SupaTim for those.
@Spats also sent me a couple of his personal logos. Not sure where I want to put them, but pretty sure they too will look just as nice. My thanks to both my pals for the decals.
Stay tuned.... The Behemoth Yakster is getting closer by the day. Not sure if I will be done doing the covering on this before my son
@Shayne Epley is done doing the recover on his 43% Edge. It's going to be lots of fun having essentially two BIG NEW planes to maiden in a couple of months.
. If I never see it again, it won't be too soon. . . .
You should know by now how rewarding it is for me to share. 
my jeans when tiny hatchback cars went flying around me while up in the Blue Mountains. No guard rails.......just a steep sheer drop of to
. Got to totally respect ya Rob! I'm so glad I do not have to do that. And I thought combat was dangerous
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