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  1. Jetpainter

    Glassing and Painting techniques

    I always did the leading edges similar to how you do Monocote. Do the bottom first, wrapping around the leading edge a bit. Let that cure, then sand it, being very careful not to hurt the balsa on top where the wrap around stops. You really don't need to make that perfectly smooth at this point...
  2. Jetpainter

    Glassing and Painting techniques

    The hairspray was sprayed on the wood first and used to try and keep the resin from soaking into the wood and save a little weight.
  3. Jetpainter

    Scale 35% Krill Extra 330SC....CUSTOM-ARF!!!

    Now that is a color scheme I never would have thought of, but it's cool.
  4. Jetpainter

    Scale 50cc Scratch Build From My Own Design Revisited

    Thanks guys, Terry is who I want to be when I grow up. Since I'm already older than him and have yet to grow up that may be a problem. ;)
  5. Jetpainter

    Glassing and Painting techniques

    For some reason the PDF I uploaded wont open on my phone or Kindle so I turned the file into a picture so it's usable.
  6. Jetpainter

    Glassing and Painting techniques

    Thanks guys!
  7. Jetpainter

    Congrats guys, you are really doing a great job!

    That was just his mild mannered Clark Kent disguise.
  8. Jetpainter

    Glassing and Painting techniques

    Over the last two weeks I have done a series of test panels to see what I could do to get the lightest, yet still stable surface for painting using glass cloth and epoxy resin. I tried several different ways of glassing, filling and priming. My results may differ from others, but I wanted to...
  9. Jetpainter

    3D 1.8% EXTRA 300

    You guys kill me!
  10. Jetpainter

    Scale 50cc Scratch Build From My Own Design Revisited

    I installed the cowl ring tonight. First I sanded the inside of the cowl and cleaned it with alcohol. Then I tacked it in with CA and glued it in with Goop. I used a syringe to lay a bead of Goop around the edges, a tip I stole from Terry.
  11. Jetpainter

    Scale 50cc Scratch Build From My Own Design Revisited

    Thanks Dave, that's what I'm going for.
  12. Jetpainter

    3D 75cc 106" HyperLITE Slick 540 by Fibertech N More

    Ooh, tinted clear over carbon fiber. You could get some interesting results.
  13. Jetpainter

    3D 75cc 106" HyperLITE Slick 540 by Fibertech N More

    I have a set of carbon fiber wheel pants. They do look cool and they're light, but not as tough as I would have thought.
  14. Jetpainter

    Scale 35% Krill Extra 330SC....CUSTOM-ARF!!!

    +1
  15. Jetpainter

    Scale 50cc Scratch Build From My Own Design Revisited

    I have two different thoughts about the pilot. If I use a smaller pilot it makes the airplane look bigger, but if I use a big pilot it looks like the pilot is wearing a very over powered airplane which I like. And since this is supposed to look like a vintage racer I like the idea of just the...
  16. Jetpainter

    Scale 50cc Scratch Build From My Own Design Revisited

    It's been about a week since I posted on the build here. I've been making some test panels and posting in the painting thread, but I have also been working on a cowl ring. This cowl has open cowl vents on the top and sides and I didn't want a flush mount solid ring that you could see from behind...
  17. Jetpainter

    800cc Radial?!?!? YES!

    That is cool, but boy that test stand looks like it's on the edge of death at any minute.
  18. Jetpainter

    Scale Yellow Aircraft P-47

    What foil covering are you using? I built the wings on the airplane below as a repair job for a friend about 15 years ago. Back then we were using Presto film. It went down pretty well, but the surface needed to be smooth as glass beforehand or it would show through the covering. I want to do a...
  19. Jetpainter

    Glassing and Painting techniques

    We used to make our own candy colors years ago the same way. You can make tint coats like that in all kinds of colors for different effects.
  20. Jetpainter

    Glassing and Painting techniques

    They look great Terry!
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