Did I happen to mention that I hate Dope LOL. Then again this is my first time doing it. Using Sig Black color Dope for hte center section of my Lil Satan. 1st coat is on and it looks horrible lol. But it is fully covered. Will show the finish pics once the dope is done and I finish Moneycoting hte wing

Oh, this topic wasn't what I thought it was...   

Looks fine!    It isn't supposed to be a "NATS Front Row airplane"!

It should be fuel proof and that is all that really matters for a Lil' Satan.  Have a ball with it!

BTW: did you thin the paint any?  Brushing dope takes thinning.

Big Bear

Let the black on the solid surfaces dry good and hard ( thick dope can take days to fully dry). spend 10 minutes with sone 100 grit, the 10 more with some 220 to smooth out the streaks and brush marks. Thin the rest of the dope out a bit so it will flow nicely, and get a fine bristled good quality brush, maybe $3-5 at Home depot.

A couple light coats will finish it off, and a bit of rubbing when fully cured will surprise ya.

Maybe youre in the hobby to learn patience . Used to do a Combat wing a week . The disposable attitude shouldnt carry through to stunt ships !
Winter building em with PVA found you had to wait a week after finishing , before flying. Balsa Cement and dope , start monday evening , fly saturday.

Don't use cheap thinners or gunwash to thin dope, you'll get the same problems, plus moisture trapped under the dope

Cheers   Neviile

Well I had covered one side of wing first before doping and my clumsiness got black dope of the orange wing ust onthe side of the Fuse. I used black trim monokote along the side of the fuse to hide some of it hehe.

     If that's a plastic covering, you can use lacquer thinner or dope thinner to remove it very easily.

    Brett

Im not really too concern of it looking good....Just want it to be fuel proof. which Im not worried that it will be. Ima put it on hold til I can really devote some time to sand it and do another coat and repeat the process.

 I will eventually try a lil combat with it but it being my first wing. It should be a blast.

 Knowing how to do the process with the dope. My baby ringmaster is gona have the exact same scheme. Black doped Fuse with Transparent Monokote Orange wings. Now that I will prep and do right from the start!