FREE FLIGHT SPORT SCALE THANKS TO thank Bill Warner letting share column well alternate its authorship part column will sharing Scale modeling methods techniques fellow modelersso lets get started has about 20 years since introduced Floquil method finishing Rubber Power Scale Free Flight models want share another finishing approach might find quite useful Because has several years since column has written about method might good idea quickly review Floquil high-quality paint developed use model railroad structures rolling stock paints named accordingly know its kind difficult get use notion have just painted latest endeavor Reefer Gray Boxcar Red hut dont fretit works covers coat hiding detailit makes ideal paint flying models Used directly out bottle works well painting landing gear wing struts etc coat need especially balsa has treated sanding sealer have sand first coat apply second coat youre finished Floquil can also used paint tissue covering severe weight penalty method use combines Floquil non-tautening nitrate dope wont work butyrate dope Ocean Spray juice has tapered bottle about six inches tall about 2 inches wide makes perfect container mixing storing paint fill bottles about halfway unthinned nitrate dopejust comes out can After thoroughiy mixing Floquil paint pour raw dope mix everything completely next step very important Floquil also has product called Crystal Cote used give very high gloss its quite viscousit almost looks like castor oil add about capful Crystal Cote mixture Floquil dope important use couple reasons gives finish bit gloss keeps tissue becoming brittle seems act like plasticizer last step thin mixture until reaches spraying consistency Floquil has couple silvers Bright Platinum add clear nitrate dope want paint model color doesnt seem noticeable difference between two silvers airplanes fuselage fabric covered usually few metal panels surrounding cockpits engine compartment Some modelers use balsa simulate panels others use sticks tissue Regardless instead painting whole fuselage silver assuming prototype silver following Add few drops white paint some silver paint/dope combination stir thoroughiy Mask off panels spray paint Youll find contrast between panels fabric will make latest project look whole lot betterwith little effort Floquil has black called Grimy Black color dynamite painting tires think looks much better shiny black Grimy black isnt just dull black has touch gray Try youll like Another model railroad paint works way Scalecoat have color called Roof Brown perfect WW aircraftcheck out busily involved building WW H model needed variety colors knew would have mix different Floquil colors order come out what needed sure better way went local plastic-model hobby shop purchased several bottles Testor s Model Masters Custom Enamel System Pactra s Authentic Scale Coat paints colors model required mixed same way Floquil paints hut Crystal Cote amazement worked perfectly advantage paints available colors needed WW II aircraft Despite fact aforementioned paints come spectrum colors always seems like color need have what Since good luck aforementioned paints decided give Humbrol paints try may familiar Humbrol paints thing theyre made England model shops trade dont carry Thats went store specializes plastic models Humbrol paint comes nifty little can pry-off lidmany Brits use make neat little fuel tanks power models Humbrol paints come hundreds different colors make finishing model much simpler color lid supposed color paint part true sometimes paint inside lighter darker depicted 120 Model Aviation Arnold holds rubber powered P-38 flew quite nicely shirt doesnt quite match model hes holding Joe Barishs Tandem Wing Lysander Power twin-cylinderJoe Barish preps Lysander flight Model flew extremely Brown CO2 swinging 91/2-inch propwell its past winner FAC Nats tin Humbrol cant inch tall inch wide open can start stirring youll find its about 80% pigment Like Floquil Humbrol paints have high-quality pigment tell good pigment painted -scale Sopwith Pup huge friend three cans Humbrol paint recently built Sal Taibis Hornet Old-Timer Free Right model 86-inch wingspan painted less three cans paint costs less two bucks per tinquite bargain considering far will go like build larger models youll find very inexpensive way paint some reason white doesnt seem good paint brands Ive mentioned have small areas airbrush can used whites will work OK want add white clear dope wont work well Fortunately Aerodynes white nitrate dope does wonderful job covering Unfortunately isnt something can buy just anyplace Aerodyne cottage industry carries supplies Free Flighter would good idea have catalogs have about 11 different colors nitrate dope quite exceptional white just get catalogs send $2 Aerodyne 1924 E Edinger Santa Ana CA 92705 After have finished covering doping painting model add registration letters numbers use straight Roquil thinned Floquil thinner airbrush important use Floqud thinner next step will work properly spray letters onto model using stencil Sometimes paint will get under stencil leaving unwanted overspray letter wony Just take piece masking tape low-tuck variety lay directly over letter number overspray Take piece cotton Kleenex wet some Floquil thinner Let some thinner evaporate cotton damp wet Carefully wipe off overspray remove tape will left clean crisp line letter Floquil thinner has no effect doped surface underneath surface will damaged now probably think have interest Roquil companyI dont Ijust want let know some great products out can make models look better use diesel engines time power FF models Fuelproofing necessary since diesel fuel wont attack finish model However have found nitrate dope alone doesnt provide surface easily cleaned usual household cleaners After clear-doping painting model spray couple crosscoats non-tautening butyrate dope thinned out about 50/50 apply cross-coats spray first coat direction spray second coat right angle direction sprayed first best way get umform coverage Another product think should have hand dope retarder Its used slow down drying time dope necessary Its must live area great deal humidity air out west get fair share humid air Blushing dope dies white blotches because trapped water very annoying occurrence can rectified adding retarder thinner dope Randolph company manufactures finishing products fullscale aircraft has universal retarder can used nitrate butyrate dope cannot buy directly Randolph distributors sell products best bet go local airport find get finishing materials Randolph has high-quality nitrate butyrate dopes Both dopes available tinted form finishers full-scale aircraft can tell finishing process Make sure buy colorless dope Nitrate butyrate dopes also available tautening form world full-scale aircraft antique aircraft restorations covered original type fabric either cotton linen Neither fabrics heat-shrinkable After fabric attached structure watershrunk distilled watersound familiar After water has dried material far being taut tautening dopes come m After coating material tautening dope fabric looks awful sags dope dries fabric begins tighten up Care must takenif too much dope applied shrinking will continue until structure distorts So what does have modeling Plenty decide use tautening nitrateyoull take chance having flying surfaces look like pretzel Certainly dont want place dope modeling Yes use tautening dope bottom wing stab what advantage think youll get times have finished doping flying surfaces model have wing curl upward elliptical dihedral Annoying isnt Try using dope bottom wing stab followed non tautening nitrate top Pin structures down allow stay way long possiblethe longer better another use tautening nitrate dope end up wrinlde wingtip some other area rewet wrinlde heat either heat gun light source wrinkie isnt eliminated brush couple coats tautening dope watch disappear Thats now hope has information can use advantage something want see column let know uary 1997 121 Old Faithful Old-Timer Scale dark color painted Floquil paint added clear nitrate dope See text corner authors very active workshop foreground fin 1949 Bellanca Cruisair restoring Loves Biplanes Fernando Ramos CO2 powered Handley Page Heyford 132 ribs model
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/02
Page Numbers: 120, 121
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/02
Page Numbers: 120, 121
FREE FLIGHT SPORT SCALE THANKS TO thank Bill Warner letting share column well alternate its authorship part column will sharing Scale modeling methods techniques fellow modelersso lets get started has about 20 years since introduced Floquil method finishing Rubber Power Scale Free Flight models want share another finishing approach might find quite useful Because has several years since column has written about method might good idea quickly review Floquil high-quality paint developed use model railroad structures rolling stock paints named accordingly know its kind difficult get use notion have just painted latest endeavor Reefer Gray Boxcar Red hut dont fretit works covers coat hiding detailit makes ideal paint flying models Used directly out bottle works well painting landing gear wing struts etc coat need especially balsa has treated sanding sealer have sand first coat apply second coat youre finished Floquil can also used paint tissue covering severe weight penalty method use combines Floquil non-tautening nitrate dope wont work butyrate dope Ocean Spray juice has tapered bottle about six inches tall about 2 inches wide makes perfect container mixing storing paint fill bottles about halfway unthinned nitrate dopejust comes out can After thoroughiy mixing Floquil paint pour raw dope mix everything completely next step very important Floquil also has product called Crystal Cote used give very high gloss its quite viscousit almost looks like castor oil add about capful Crystal Cote mixture Floquil dope important use couple reasons gives finish bit gloss keeps tissue becoming brittle seems act like plasticizer last step thin mixture until reaches spraying consistency Floquil has couple silvers Bright Platinum add clear nitrate dope want paint model color doesnt seem noticeable difference between two silvers airplanes fuselage fabric covered usually few metal panels surrounding cockpits engine compartment Some modelers use balsa simulate panels others use sticks tissue Regardless instead painting whole fuselage silver assuming prototype silver following Add few drops white paint some silver paint/dope combination stir thoroughiy Mask off panels spray paint Youll find contrast between panels fabric will make latest project look whole lot betterwith little effort Floquil has black called Grimy Black color dynamite painting tires think looks much better shiny black Grimy black isnt just dull black has touch gray Try youll like Another model railroad paint works way Scalecoat have color called Roof Brown perfect WW aircraftcheck out busily involved building WW H model needed variety colors knew would have mix different Floquil colors order come out what needed sure better way went local plastic-model hobby shop purchased several bottles Testor s Model Masters Custom Enamel System Pactra s Authentic Scale Coat paints colors model required mixed same way Floquil paints hut Crystal Cote amazement worked perfectly advantage paints available colors needed WW II aircraft Despite fact aforementioned paints come spectrum colors always seems like color need have what Since good luck aforementioned paints decided give Humbrol paints try may familiar Humbrol paints thing theyre made England model shops trade dont carry Thats went store specializes plastic models Humbrol paint comes nifty little can pry-off lidmany Brits use make neat little fuel tanks power models Humbrol paints come hundreds different colors make finishing model much simpler color lid supposed color paint part true sometimes paint inside lighter darker depicted 120 Model Aviation Arnold holds rubber powered P-38 flew quite nicely shirt doesnt quite match model hes holding Joe Barishs Tandem Wing Lysander Power twin-cylinderJoe Barish preps Lysander flight Model flew extremely Brown CO2 swinging 91/2-inch propwell its past winner FAC Nats tin Humbrol cant inch tall inch wide open can start stirring youll find its about 80% pigment Like Floquil Humbrol paints have high-quality pigment tell good pigment painted -scale Sopwith Pup huge friend three cans Humbrol paint recently built Sal Taibis Hornet Old-Timer Free Right model 86-inch wingspan painted less three cans paint costs less two bucks per tinquite bargain considering far will go like build larger models youll find very inexpensive way paint some reason white doesnt seem good paint brands Ive mentioned have small areas airbrush can used whites will work OK want add white clear dope wont work well Fortunately Aerodynes white nitrate dope does wonderful job covering Unfortunately isnt something can buy just anyplace Aerodyne cottage industry carries supplies Free Flighter would good idea have catalogs have about 11 different colors nitrate dope quite exceptional white just get catalogs send $2 Aerodyne 1924 E Edinger Santa Ana CA 92705 After have finished covering doping painting model add registration letters numbers use straight Roquil thinned Floquil thinner airbrush important use Floqud thinner next step will work properly spray letters onto model using stencil Sometimes paint will get under stencil leaving unwanted overspray letter wony Just take piece masking tape low-tuck variety lay directly over letter number overspray Take piece cotton Kleenex wet some Floquil thinner Let some thinner evaporate cotton damp wet Carefully wipe off overspray remove tape will left clean crisp line letter Floquil thinner has no effect doped surface underneath surface will damaged now probably think have interest Roquil companyI dont Ijust want let know some great products out can make models look better use diesel engines time power FF models Fuelproofing necessary since diesel fuel wont attack finish model However have found nitrate dope alone doesnt provide surface easily cleaned usual household cleaners After clear-doping painting model spray couple crosscoats non-tautening butyrate dope thinned out about 50/50 apply cross-coats spray first coat direction spray second coat right angle direction sprayed first best way get umform coverage Another product think should have hand dope retarder Its used slow down drying time dope necessary Its must live area great deal humidity air out west get fair share humid air Blushing dope dies white blotches because trapped water very annoying occurrence can rectified adding retarder thinner dope Randolph company manufactures finishing products fullscale aircraft has universal retarder can used nitrate butyrate dope cannot buy directly Randolph distributors sell products best bet go local airport find get finishing materials Randolph has high-quality nitrate butyrate dopes Both dopes available tinted form finishers full-scale aircraft can tell finishing process Make sure buy colorless dope Nitrate butyrate dopes also available tautening form world full-scale aircraft antique aircraft restorations covered original type fabric either cotton linen Neither fabrics heat-shrinkable After fabric attached structure watershrunk distilled watersound familiar After water has dried material far being taut tautening dopes come m After coating material tautening dope fabric looks awful sags dope dries fabric begins tighten up Care must takenif too much dope applied shrinking will continue until structure distorts So what does have modeling Plenty decide use tautening nitrateyoull take chance having flying surfaces look like pretzel Certainly dont want place dope modeling Yes use tautening dope bottom wing stab what advantage think youll get times have finished doping flying surfaces model have wing curl upward elliptical dihedral Annoying isnt Try using dope bottom wing stab followed non tautening nitrate top Pin structures down allow stay way long possiblethe longer better another use tautening nitrate dope end up wrinlde wingtip some other area rewet wrinlde heat either heat gun light source wrinkie isnt eliminated brush couple coats tautening dope watch disappear Thats now hope has information can use advantage something want see column let know uary 1997 121 Old Faithful Old-Timer Scale dark color painted Floquil paint added clear nitrate dope See text corner authors very active workshop foreground fin 1949 Bellanca Cruisair restoring Loves Biplanes Fernando Ramos CO2 powered Handley Page Heyford 132 ribs model
