In article <1992Aug26.202714.13397@analogy.com>, glenng@analogy.com (Glenn Graham) writes:
|> 'm new to this group so I hope this hasn't been beaten to death
|> before but... I am finally moving out of my appartment and into
|> a house where I will have enough space to begin constructing RC
|> aircraft. I haven't been involved in balsa/RC modeling since hi-
|> school and even then they were static since radio gear was way
|> beyond my budget then. I have since been restricted to scale
|> plastic. But now I can pick up where I left off and I can now
|> afford to do it for real! What I am looking for is input on covering
|> techniques for scale aircraft. My eventual goal will be to attempt
|> one of the Proctor scale kits (as you can tell Scale is my primary
|> interest in modeling). I plan on working up to it over several kits
|> (and several years) learning to fly along the way. I have covered
|> planes with monocote (many years ago) but never was really happy
|> with the way seams turned out (dirt and dust would always make them
|> visible) and the "plastic-y" look they had. I am sure there are new
|> techniques out there as well as new products.
Glen, there are a number of good shrink fabric covering materials available now. My current favorite is the new 21st Centuary Fabric, it is prepainted, goes on like monokote but is tougher and can be used on itself with no bubbles. It also can be painted without a primer coat...
