Ty,

Looks very cool. Almost like it's cut out of foam board or something. Look forward to seeing it assembled.

Just old fashioned balsa. The wing is very much like the typical Veco wings with the two 1/8 rear spars. The gray is automotive primer. Fills nicely and sands easily.  Now to fit the canopy. I even have a pilot set aside. He weighs about one gram.

Hi Ty,

The auto primer is great!  Just make sure that 99% of it is sanded off.

errrrr.  What happens if you don't sand 99% off?   

Steve

Hi Stevie Boy,

What Ty said and more...........

TY, Don't think I'd want to do Pactra nowadays. I've heard it's some kind of weird Acrylic Lacquer. I did have some curdling problems because I shot the first coat of Sig dope too heavily. I stopped when I saw the curdles, Let it dry 24 hrs,sanded them smooth then sprayed two or three mist coats then next day, two normal coats. Came out fine. I always seem to do the first coat too heavily.    My Biggest mistake was using Enamel primer.   Boy does that curdle when hit with dope.