New idea?

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:05 pm

anybody ever come up with this one before? did this on the elevator skins.

i thought this was brilliant!

but boy, is it a pain in the arse to do. my fingers hurt, and it is VERY time consuming! i wanted a better way to protect my skins in case i go with one of my paint schemes that will leave the wings and HS polished. i just used the soldering gun to draw little circles around each rivet hole, and peeled 'em off with my fingers. my index and middle fingers are sore tonight.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:13 am

Ha! Well Chad, No... I don't think anyone has ever done that (or at least wanted to share) before!

A combination of polished and painted parts, huh? I LIKE the sounds of that! I am not taking it from you because I don't want that kind of maintenance but, I sure would like to see it!

CJ

jim_geo · Post by **jim_geo** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:19 pm

That looks like a real noun used as a verb. I have also given thought to bare metal and paint. After having put a few not so pretty, shall we say blemishes, on my skins my thinking is to go with a bright silver or gray paint in the areas that would be bare metal.

l & d lewis · Post by **l & d lewis** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:55 pm

Keep the polish in mind Chad. My 8 is going to be polished with paint trim. Polished metal is too nice to cover-up...........Larry

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:35 pm

polished wings and hs is my #1 idea right now. i LOVE polished airplanes! i know they are a lot of work, but it would be worth the effort to me. my fuse will be painted, but that design is top secret at this point!!

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 7:20 am

Chad, maybe painting the bottoms would be wise. I like them as much as the next guy but the thoughts of creeping around underneath polishing just doesn't sound entertaining to me!

CJ

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:04 am

uuhhh...that would take away from the look i'm looking for.

down the road at the shows, if i start complaining to you guys about polished surfaces, just put me in my place. it's my fault. i'll remember this.

l & d lewis · Post by **l & d lewis** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:37 pm

That's what they make creepers for, laying around under the plane all day. I have a polished Skymaster with AF markings painted on, not too hard to take care of as long as you keep it up. It helps if they're kept inside..........Larry