Stearman PT-17 covered with coke cans

BillParker · Post by **BillParker** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:20 pm

I agree with your Dad...

Sand entire airplane with 400 grit wet dry sand paper. repeat. repeat, again.

Get your Dremel, and put a soft tip on it.

Goto the auto parts store, and tell em you want some aluminum polish, and some paste wax...

Use Dremel and soft tip to apply polish...

when completely done, paste wax entire plane...

oh and, on an unrelated subject:

The 'Rake' is the angle that the wires come out of the wingtip from the
bellcrank,in effect the model is flying and canted slightly outside of
the circle which is what you are aiming for,'leadout' is where the
control wires come out of ie the wingtip supports,add a bit of
sidethrust to the engine plus a tad of rudder to keep the lines taught
at all times,by doing this you will have a model that is pleasant to fly
and not come in at you as it enters the into wind position of the circle...

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:41 pm

why not keep it as is? seems a lot more complicated your way.... i mean if it looks a lot better than ill do it.

have you ever tried using coke cans to cover one of these things? im sure you know what you are talking about...... you are the supeior builder so im sure ill end up taking your advice

BillParker · Post by **BillParker** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:27 pm

Get yourself a 3" by 3" hunk of coke can, and sand, polish and wax it. You'll see why...

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:46 pm

ill look into it. ill take pictures and show my progress soon as i can.

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:03 pm

and if anyone has any pictures of their plane covered with coke cans feel free to share

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:26 pm

BillParker · Post by **BillParker** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:13 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkuZwzox8KA

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:51 am

sounds like a new challenge.....

BillParker · Post by **BillParker** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:56 pm

http://www.flitemetal.com/

BillParker · Post by **BillParker** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:58 pm

kittyfritters · Post by **kittyfritters** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:47 pm

BillParker wrote:http://www.flitemetal.com/

From the description, instructions and photos on the site it appears to be self adhesive aluminum leaf. The application method is much more precise for simulating panels than the traditional method of applying gold or silver leaf to furniture or picture frames. Even with extreme skill putting the glue on the surface, literally throwing the leaf at the desired location, and then burnishing it into place with a feather and a sable brush would not do for model building. I have seen an R/C conversion of the Guillow's B-29 done with this stuff and it really looks good.

BillParker · Post by **BillParker** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:05 pm

I was thinking about ardering this:

FM125 Aluminum Roll: Qty
$21.99 ea. 12"x 5' 30.48cm x 152.4cm (5 sq.ft)
.0018" thick aluminum, without tools.

20 bucks to play with it a bit seems reasonable...

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:08 pm

im glad there is an easier way to do this