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Guillows Series 500 - Hellcat by scigs30. Viewed 1808 times.
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scigs3016-Dec-09 22:44
BillParker17-Dec-09 14:16
okay, so that paint is like one molecule thick, right? *G* I know how it pains you to put paint on an airplane...
scigs3017-Dec-09 23:06
Yea, I am not a big fan of painting, and this paint does not add much weight. Here something funny, I weighed the plane before paint and it was 26 grams. After paint 23 grams. Go figure.
TJH18-Dec-09 07:40
Let me know where to get that "negative weight" paint :)
jimbothehotdog18-Dec-09 10:21
2 or 3 more coats of that paint and you'll have to tether her to the table :) Seriously, You may not be a big fan of painting but that's one great finish.
John Cooper18-Dec-09 11:44
Great paint job and great model - really quite amazing that you got it to 23 g with the kit wood. I have also noticed strange weight changes in my models. At leas,t in my case, it seams to be attributable to humidity. On a humid day tissue can really soak up water, so much that some of my smaller models don't fly well.
scigs3018-Dec-09 12:36
I think when I weighed it without paint was the same day I shrank the tissue and applied dope. Two days later I painted it, so it could have been the tissue, balsa dried out and that is why it was lighter. Years ago I painted with colored dope, but I really don't have a nice set up for that in my garage. So a couple of years ago I switched to acrylics to paint my plastic models. Now I paint my freelfight with acrylics. Goes on great and does not seem to add any real weight.
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