Hi John,
As far as fuselage top and bottom contours, I was asking because I have seen a few different treatments of Profile Scale planes and would like to know if there is an actual preferred method for contest use. It doesn't "seem" to be from my observations.
You bring to attention a very real "positive" for Electric power in Scale!
The type of paint used is not critical. I didn't think of that, when asking the question. All the years of fuel proofing jade the mind!
Using the paints you point out could be a very good option for a gas powered model, too, just a good fuel proofing would have to be used. Thanks for the tip.
Since the early '60s, Scale has been about as popular in my mind as Stunt, but actually building a "contest scale model" has been put aside all those years, and semi scale or scale stunters, depending on the plane, has been the limit for me, although I do like those subjects the best for stunt.
We were having an unofficial stunt event at Huntersville for a time, but that has been dropped, AFAIK.
Looking forward to the completion pf the La-5!
Bill