Alum. foil tape covering.

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Mon May 23, 2011 11:21 am

Well, I think aluminum duct tape works very well for that metal look!

I smoothed out the small wrinkles with the exacto knife handle. It looks great!

Jnewboy · Post by **Jnewboy** » Mon May 23, 2011 12:04 pm

What are you making???

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Mon May 23, 2011 12:28 pm

I was just repairing my Bf109. I am going to repaint it soon. Unless you wanted to hear I was hacking them up to make a BF110. LOL

There where some small holes on each side of the cowling so I just covered it with the tape and there ya go! Instant aluminum finish!!!! It also replicates the imperfect metal finish that you would see on real planes.

Jnewboy · Post by **Jnewboy** » Mon May 23, 2011 12:42 pm

flyboy_fx wrote: Unless you wanted to hear I was hacking them up to make a BF110. LOL .

Actually I was!! Please!!!!!

456THBG · Post by **456THBG** » Mon May 30, 2011 10:09 am

I'm impressed with the finish you got...Wonder if you could do the whole plane that way?

[CAT]CplSlade · Post by **[CAT]CplSlade** » Mon May 30, 2011 10:45 am

Was regular aluminum foil too weak for this application? I find that if I fold a sheet once or twice I get enough thickness that the foil doesn't rip and it burnishes real nice.

Airacobra · Post by **Airacobra** » Mon May 30, 2011 11:39 am

456THBG wrote:I'm impressed with the finish you got...Wonder if you could do the whole plane that way?

This is the product I use to cover entire planes. Works great but it shows every imperfection on the surface. If you use this directly over an unpreped plane, you will be able to see where all the decals are. I have a Mustang covered with bare metal foil and a few more planes lined up for it.

http://www.scalehobbyist.com/catagories ... metal,foil

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Mon May 30, 2011 1:13 pm

Yea you could cover it... It is hard to get it around curves, bulges, ect. The stuff cobra posted would be better. I just did this to cover up a couple of holes.

Stay tuned, you should see the way this plane looks now!!!!

plasticboy · Post by **plasticboy** » Mon May 30, 2011 10:48 pm

I knew the way but I never do! Looking great indeed.

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Tue May 31, 2011 5:47 am

The the 2nd pic, see those scratches on the left panel? I forgot to smooth them out and now you can see them under the paint.

lol, oh well.

456THBG · Post by **456THBG** » Tue May 31, 2011 7:43 am

Airacobra wrote:
456THBG wrote:I'm impressed with the finish you got...Wonder if you could do the whole plane that way?

This is the product I use to cover entire planes. Works great but it shows every imperfection on the surface. If you use this directly over an unpreped plane, you will be able to see where all the decals are. I have a Mustang covered with bare metal foil and a few more planes lined up for it.

http://www.scalehobbyist.com/catagories ... metal,foil

Thanks...May give it a try on one of my 1/32 21C 109E's!

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