Goodies
A few wing and
fuse formers, two tyres,
aluminium hub, engine
box, windshield material, cowl, rudder. Editor says
free mag for anyone finding all items. Just kidding!
The Fun Stuff...
Covering
Solartex has been my choice of covering for almost every model I have ever built, it’s almost impenetrable and has contoured around some areas
I thought impossible.
Paint
It’s an old song but true! I have used Spies and
Hecker paint, a German product, on all my builds
for the last 30 years with great success. It’s expensive but the results have always been fabulous. I
still have a number of aircraft over twenty years old
and they look as if they were painted yesterday.
In the US, aerobatic pilot Greg Koontz flies his
full size Super Decathlon at Air shows all over the
country. I loved his red colour scheme but used my
own decals throughout. Even better there was no
masking much to the relief of my wife Pippa, who as
all my friends know has always had this job on all
my previous models. During painting she is the most
observant quality controller you ever wish to meet.
Decals
As always, Jamie at Saber Signs on the Sunshine Coast did all the decals. He has a unique
system he uses on all my models. He photographs
all surfaces then takes their dimensions. Downloads the photos to his computer and then designs
on the screen whatever I want on the fuselage
side, wing area etc. This enables all the decals to
be in perfect proportion and one can see on the
screen exactly what the final product will look like.
The man’s a genius.
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