this is my 2nd plane

[Mitch]

Back to masking... I use the painters "Blue Tape" and that works fine for these models. The Tamiya tape is very nice, but I don't think you need stuff that good for the scale of these models. The alternative is to cut strips of paper, which I did when the color was hard to match, and now I prefer this method.

Here is a photo of 2 Me109's the Grey one has painted canopy and the tan one used paper:


Mitch

PS: The grey one has had the wing repaired once, and the tan one still needs repair and a totally new wing!

[Angie332]

Those are very pretty planes Mitch. Thank you for the ideas. I did finally get it painted got do some touch up were the paint came off when I pulled the tape off. Now I am working on making it not so tail heavy packing the nose with playdo.
I got to have a really awsome day... I got to go to Cavanaugh flight museum. We got to see the work on restoring a plane. They was restoring a plane like this one

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they also offered rides in some of the planes p-51mustang$1995
AD-5 skyraider$1500
They had 8 different planes to pick from the cheapest was a helicopter$150

[davidchoate]

Nice. I always wanted to volunteer on a restoration plane. I am very knowledgable about Engines of any type, and have extensive machinist and welding experience. But I dont know where to get involved. Oh yeah, Mitch, I was in the hobby store and they sell decal paper now you can put in yopur printer. I know you print your own stuff on tissue & dope it on, but you might wanna check it out. Its not that thick heavy stuff like stickers. It's nice.

[Angie332]

Well.. whatcha do David is find a local museums and volunteer. According to the guys in the picture. I got to talk to one of the guys he flew the p-40 I was in WOW,!!!! Mode like he was superman. The P-40 just does something to me anyways he was retired and now is hooked to restoring old plane's

[Angie332]

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[davidchoate]

I live not too far from Willow Grove Naval Air Base. Although its not in active use, Which sucks cause I used to go to the air show every year, but they have a small museum still. I saw an ME-262 in there. Maybe I'll ask them if they are doing any projects.Thanks

[Angie332]

According to the guys I was talking to. Museums are always looking for volunteers

[Angie332]

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My poor hellcat sure didn't look like this when I tried to fly her. She flew maybe a yard or two and down she went. I guess she's to heavy. The nose cone took some damage and the rutter has to be glued back but other than that it's a tough little bird