And here, I was expecting a disaster. It's doesn't look bad at all!

Bill,

It looks just fine!  If Windy can break a plane in half a week before the Nats and repair it so that
no one could tell it was broken in half, you can do the same on the Vulcan.  I know that in
every finish sometimes a disaster strikes.  They can be dealt with successfully!

Git'er Done................

Thanks, guys.  I was distraught when all the spots appeared after removing the tape.  I had spent some time with Billy when he won the '96 NATS Classic with his and I wanted to build one real bad.  It has set now for a couple years since I just couldn't work on it!  It was actually coming out to be the best (smoothest) finish I had put on a plane so far.  I spent a WHOLE lot of time going over the surfaces, candleing them to find each and every little imperfection.  Then WHAM!  Bare silkspan in little 1/8th inch wide spots every where there was a trim line.  The finish on this plane has no filler at all.  Just clear Nitrate dope over 2 tenths oz. CF veil that I let cure, sanded, more clear, cure, sand until it was perfectly smooth.

I think it will look pretty darn good from 60' away on the handle end, but if it ever gets a chance at appearance points (our local contests do not use them!) it will suffer.  I just couldn't tear all the silkspan off the open areas and redo it.

I *think* it will be in the mid-high 30 oz. range and with a great Aero Tiger 36, it should all be up to me as to how well it flies.

It will hit the air in a couple weeks.