Finished the wing and stab tops. This included adding black pin stripes to compliment the stripes on the fuselage using a Monokote on Monokote method provided by a friend. In the past, I haven’t had much luck with Monokote on Monokote eliminating unsightly air bubbles. By following my friend’s advice I am very pleased with the results. I plan to do more of this on future projects.
T-Can wing and rudder are next on the list to cover.
Monokote on Monokote process:
- Clean Monokote surface
- Saturate surface with Windex (enough to float trim piece to desired location)
- Using a tissue, lightly wipe away excess Windex. During this step, if trim piece needs repositioning apply Windex if needed
- Using a credit card or similar (old AMA card worked best for me) squeegee to remove air pockets from underneath trim piece
- Let stand for 60 minutes
- Squeegee again to remove any remaining air pockets
- Let stand for 24 hour
- Squeegee again if needed to ensure there are no remaining air pockets
- Use low iron heat with a sock covering the iron shoe to secure trim to the surface. It’s a good idea to test iron heat on scrape pieces. The goal is to activate the trim piece adhesive without detaching the Monokote underneath from the main surface
- Use higher heat to secure the edges of the trim piece, like at the wing root and tip edge
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