Alan,
Yes, your question makes sense.  Unfortunately, the answer is "it depends".  Of the ones I know about, here is how it breaks down.

Super Clown: Airplane is single color except for vertical tail, so the color specified is the base color.  A "blue" airplane is all blue with a red vertical tail.

Smoothie:  All wings are white, the color is for the fuselage and leading edge of the wing and tail.  A "red" airplane has red fuselage and leading edge of wing and tail.

Oriental:  All models have black trim, so the color is the base color for the airplane.  A "yellow" airplane has yellow wings, tail, and fuselage, with black trim and gold and green stripes.

After some bad experiences with the covering coming off, I suggest you consider the ARC version.  Prep wood with Balsa Rite or Stix-It, then cover with Ultracote.  It is probably worth it to cover the fuselage with tissue and nitrate dope, then finish with Rustoleum for long term use.

I have been flying both a SuperClown and Smoothie and they both fly well.  My clown now has red flaps on one side where I replaced the blue covering that departed in flight.

Steve

Thanks!  After reading the replies I guess I should have been a little more specific with the plane or planes I had in mind....Strega and Vector!   


Alan

Alan,

Sorry, but I just missed this one for some reason!

I am all for getting the ARC.  Knowing your situation, covering material will not be a problem to obtain! LOL!!  The couple of Strega ARFs I have seen have had covering "issues".  Loose, or wrinkles that keep coming back, or the covering just came off!  Now a really really bad thing, but worrisome at best.  The price of the ARF and ARC are very inticing to say the least for what you get.  But knowing you, I would get the ARC and do your own covering job!

I vote with Bill.  My Strega is/was an ARF is now and ARC---with much filling/sanding to do before the actual covering.

BTW, the total weight of the Brodak film on the Strega was only  4 1/4 ounces---no way I can recover lighter than that.  I am trying to decide whether to use Monocote/Ultracote on the flight surfaces or to use silkspan and
dope as the fuse will have.

Windy's article in F.M. gave finished weight of 58-62 ounces!!  Balsa must be a lot lighter in N.J. than it is in Alabama!


Jim

Windy has a set of magic scales.  Your plane will always weigh a couple ounces heavier on his scales, but his plane will always weigh a couple ounces lighter on his scales.  That always worried me.............

I *think* that is correct.  The Vector ARFs I have seen have been white.  Don't know if that was just a coincident or not. ??

Bill <><