Lojik
08-07-2002, 10:42 PM
I Am Building a Piper J3 Cub, it has a 90" wing span and i hope to put a .91 4-stroke engine in. i will be posting pictures tommorow, but if anyone can help me with what type of finish i should do the model please post.
William Robison
11-02-2002, 05:37 AM
You really don't think it would look good with anything but a fabric covering, do you? Several good ones, Sig "Coverall" is the least expensive that I've used, more trouble than film covering, but you have to glue it down, shrink it with heat, and dope it. Conforms well to compound curves. Next up is 21st Century "Coverrite" that does not have to be doped, and it adheres like a film covering, that is to say you use your covering iron to stick it down and shrink it. Strongly recommend using "Balsarite for Fabric" as a precoat under it, makes it stick a LOT better. Almost the top is the "Stits" system, advertised here and there, it is a modeler's equivalent of what Stits supplies for "Home-built" airplanes, and is very good. But you have to use their glues, primers, and paints. The ultimate, of course, is genuine silk covering. It takes a bit of practice to do well with silk, for that reason it possibly would be less expensive to stay with Stits - methods are similar but it's easier to back up over a mistake with Stits, and it doesn't ruin the material to pull it off and reuse it. Pull silk and off it goes straight to the trash can. And, the silk itself is pretty expensive, these days.