Building Tips and technical articles. => Building techniques => Topic started by: frank carlisle on May 03, 2007, 06:31:28 PM
Title: how to fix hole in wing?
Post by: frank carlisle on May 03, 2007, 06:31:28 PM
How would you fix this?
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Post by: minnesotamodeler on May 03, 2007, 07:13:31 PM
hmmmmm...I don't suppose, at this point, a piece of scotch tape would do, huh? (Just kidding).
How'd you do that?
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Post by: frank carlisle on May 03, 2007, 07:17:39 PM
Scotch tape?? That's a thought Ray, but I'm going to hold out for a while. Maybe something better will come along. I did that when I was pulling off the stencil. Cool huh? HB~>
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Post by: minnesotamodeler on May 03, 2007, 07:25:48 PM
Yeah, bummer. How'd you do the two-tone lettering? Pretty neat.
--Ray
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Post by: frank carlisle on May 03, 2007, 07:35:28 PM
I painted the orange first and then masked an inch top and bottom and sprayed the center red. I'm pretty pleased with the results except for that dang hole.
I'm sure whatever it takes to fix it will be hard to do. y1
AND-----It still won't fit in my truck!!
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Post by: minnesotamodeler on May 03, 2007, 07:45:38 PM
Frank,
I just had a revelation--if you chop the wings off just outside the engines, it should fit in your truck fine.
All these months of worrying, and such a simple solution!!!
--Ray
Title: Re: how to fix hole in wing?
Post by: Leester on May 03, 2007, 07:53:20 PM
Frank: I've seen Windy build up spots he had sanded through with rejuvinator. If you can pull the covering up with a pin or knife blade tip you could add as many coats a necessary and then sand smooth and touch up. Better than tape ?
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Post by: frank carlisle on May 03, 2007, 07:59:21 PM
Way better than tape Lee. Thaanks. As you can see Ray just wants to chop the wings off. I like your solution better. Although Ray's fix would also have the plane fitting in my truck.
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Post by: frank carlisle on May 04, 2007, 06:19:45 AM
Hey Leester------I used clear dope (thick) and pushed it into and over the hole. It fixed it just fine. By this morning the dope was shrunk and the surface was ready for a dash of white touch up. All in all not a bad fix.
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Post by: Paul Taylor on May 04, 2007, 07:28:26 AM
The small hole repair looks good Frank, But it did not solve the real problem.
I think Ray was on to something.
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Post by: Randy Powell on May 04, 2007, 09:23:42 AM
Frank,
For small holes like this, I will often just dribble a little CA on it and smooth with my finger. Let it go off then sand lightly, dab on a bit of fillercoat, sand and repaint. Seems your method worked fine, though.
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Post by: Leester on May 05, 2007, 09:31:49 PM
Frank: I'm happy that you got it fixed, now you can sleep better or dream about your R/C babe. LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~
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Post by: frank carlisle on May 06, 2007, 04:16:00 AM
Frank: I'm happy that you got it fixed, now you can sleep better or dream about your R/C babe. LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~
Yeah getting it fixed was a good thing..........BTW..my r/c babe (Roxanne) has converted to c/l. We have a circle out back and she is prego. I'm now getting a solid 8 hours of sleep a night.