Finally got the chance to get the primer sanded and start painting. As I mentioned earlier I plan on using the fact that the Q was used in air racing to liberate myself from the camo paint. well I kind of went off the deep end but hey, my next one, the bf 109 will be all camo so what the heck, its still the airracer theme just some bright colors!
first pict is in wetsanding stages, you can see the guidcoat still on part of the wing.
second is with the green applied and the striations.
third pict is with the green masked off and the Purple Pearl applied. If you look at the pict you can see the masking is a slightly different sheen than the surrounding areas.
Next the purple gets masked, and the next magic color goes on.
I experimented on this plane by using Micafilm on the open surfaces. In my initial tests,(I built a couple ten inch long wing secitions to practice on) the results were very promising, excellant adhesion, very nice surface to paint on. The one thing I didnt test, is of course the one thing that is biting me on the behind. It seems that the tape, even when slicked off, is stickier than the balsarite holding the mica film down, so everywhere I have lifted the tape of mask off the surface, it has created some tiny zits! Ah well, it was an experiment, and truth to be told, this was fully intended to be a practice, backup airplane so no concours finish was intended, but I sure didnt plan on it having a skin condition. There is no way to fix it other than a complete reskin of the wing and I am just not going to do it. its not that bad, but It bothers me