doped silkspan////// Freshly done

[Chuck Feldman]

Working on a poor surface I managed to dent the silkspan in one bay. I spent yesterday putting up a good table and then I went out and bought a nice foam pad for it. The foam is covered with a nice cloth now so I should be OK working on models in the future. I was masking out the model when I damaged the silkspan. It was on one of those PVC racks we all seem to have!

OK so if any of you have a method to get the dents out I would really like to know how you do it.  Medium silkspan, Brodak dope

Salute
Chuck Feldman

[frank carlisle]

Chuck,
I don't know where you are at in the finishing process. If you are at the beginning you should be able to get the dent out by re-wetting it and letting it re-shrink. I'd try that first.

[Chuck Feldman]

Frank,

I have finished putting on the first color. I have the silver covered and I was masking out for the first coat of trim color when I screwed it up.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Richard Grogan]

Frank,

I have finished putting on the first color. I have the silver covered and I was masking out for the first coat of trim color when I screwed it up.

Thanks,

Chuck

How big a dent is it Chuck?

[Chuck Feldman]

Richard,

There are two dents both are dime size or smaller but not much. There is also a split that is on an edge I figure that one I can handle with patch. I got lucky because this is all on the bottom left wing.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Richard Grogan]

Id try what Ty recommended, but it probably won't come out "invisible"..Good thing it was on the bottom! If that won't work and its still important to you, time to do some patch work. Maybe you could put a sticker or trimsheet design over it to dress up the bottom a little; do it on both sides of the wing!
Good luck!
RG

[frank carlisle]

Hey Chuck,
I think the guys have given you a good plan for getting the dents out.
It's a good thing you got the padding that will certainly help. Problem with padding the table is that you can still set the model down on a tool and get dents.
I used a piece of styrofoam that came in the box of a new television to make a pedestal to put the plane on. There is no room on the pedestal for exacto knives or any other tools so I manage to get through the finish without damaging the plane by setting it on tools. I also have a couple 1 X2 sticks I padded for working on the fuselage sides. I highly recommend having these.
I took a couple pictures for you to look at.

[Eric Viglione]

OR... Get a Byron Barker paint stand, and you never have to set the plane down on anything. 

BTW, Byron should rename that thing to a building stand or finishing stand, because once the wing is in the fuse, I put it in the stand and it doesn't come out until the clear is on. I just got mine this year, and don't know how I ever lived without it!!! 

EricV

[RC Storick]

Me too, there GREAT!!!

[Bill Little]

I have one of the first stands that Byron made many years ago.....  It is a necessity!! 

Bill <><

[Chuck Feldman]

You guys are great friends!!!!!!!!!   Great advice and tips. I will take some pictures (Before & After)  and post them for you all to see. Look for them next week. 

Chuck

[Jim Thomerson]

You should be able to get the dents out with a hair dryer.