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Title: Detailing Wheel wells
Post by: RC Storick on November 24, 2006, 08:51:48 PM

First off I would like to say this is not my idea. It belongs to Al Rabe.  I will post the photo's and then the explanations.

Title: Re: Detailing Wheel wells
Post by: brucefinley on November 25, 2006, 03:45:07 PM

Had seen the finished product before but not the process.  Thanks for the how-to-do.

Title: Re: Detailing Wheel wells
Post by: Randy Powell on November 27, 2006, 12:06:39 PM

This is the method Pat Johnston uses (stolen from Al Rabe). But he uses a chromate green background with black

Looks good, Robert

Title: Re: Detailing Wheel wells
Post by: roger on February 04, 2007, 07:08:46 PM

saw this great idea looks great. #^

but lets go back a few pictures. first how did you cut out the stencil, on the wing or off?then did you use dope or some other medium? i tried to cut a stencil on my monocoate coveredwing with masking tape and very very carefully used a xacto knife and still slit through. dang it HB~> :'( HB~> now i have to patch it. my landing gear hole is the shape of a lolipop but flat. do i use dope or something else???? ???

roger and out

Title: Re: Detailing Wheel wells
Post by: RC Storick on February 04, 2007, 09:54:03 PM

On all but one plane that I have its dope. I cut the stencil off the plane and trace around it then tape off. The shape is the same a the wheel door.