Extreme Flight 76/83" MXS

[3dNater]

That sux Tom... sry to see that.

 

[AKfreak]

Yeah, Ill fix it. I just need to find the correct covering color. Also its on the bottom. No one but you guys will know its there.
Just messing with paper, But what do you think of this? It would look like my 64" MXS kinda.

 

[Enterprise]

I will have to go look at my rolls but I think it is midnight blue, true red, and white. The Blue is the only one I am not 100% on.

 

[Ohio AV8TOR]

Yeah, Ill fix it. I just need to find the correct covering color. Also its on the bottom. No one but you guys will know its there.
Just messing with paper, But what do you think of this? It would look like my 64" MXS kinda.

So I loved the look of checkers on planes until I got my MXS. Then I found at least for my eyes the pattern just blended in. I actually removed the checkers on my MXS and replaced them with stripes. I added stripes to the stab as well. Much easier to see.

 

[gyro]

So I loved the look of checkers on planes until I got my MXS. Then I found at least for my eyes the pattern just blended in. I actually removed the checkers on my MXS and replaced them with stripes. I added stripes to the stab as well. Much easier to see.

did the same thing to mine, but it was simply because I didn't like the strips AND checkers... felt they looked silly... 1 consistent pattern is plenty for my OCD.

 

[AKfreak]

How do you pull, the checkers? I am not a fan either.

 

[Ohio AV8TOR]

How do you pull, the checkers? I am not a fan either.

So I slide ever so slightly under a corner a single edge blade just enough to grab with a tweezer and pulled back some. O also used a monokote heat gun but some experimenting with heat is in order. Just a little makes it come right off, too much heat and the covering color separates from the adhesive side. I started plucking the corner edge with my nail but it ends up putting a slight wrinkle from being stretched down. One word of warning, where the white ends on the ailerons you need to ever so gently take an xacto and make a trim line to cut because the white runs under the top color. It's not hard just tedious but the reward is great.

Here is the result on mine. I also added one strip on each stab as well.

 

[3dNater]

Looks great [MENTION=26]Ohio AV8TOR[/MENTION]!

 

[AKfreak]

So I slide ever so slightly under a corner a single edge blade just enough to grab with a tweezer and pulled back some. O also used a monokote heat gun but some experimenting with heat is in order. Just a little makes it come right off, too much heat and the covering color separates from the adhesive side. I started plucking the corner edge with my nail but it ends up putting a slight wrinkle from being stretched down. One word of warning, where the white ends on the ailerons you need to ever so gently take an xacto and make a trim line to cut because the white runs under the top color. It's not hard just tedious but the reward is great.

Here is the result on mine. I also added one strip on each stab as well.

I wish we lived closer so I could get schooled. Was there any glue residue from the checkers? If so, what do I need to remove it? I like the stripes, but I lice the long rectangle checker look from the bigger EF, and a Hangar 9 35% extra. I have lots of work ahead so it seems. ;?


Also do I need to open the bottom of my fuse, I am not using a can muffler.

 

[Ohio AV8TOR]

There was no residue of adhesive other than the first that I heated too much, then a clean rag with lacquer thinner cleaned right off.