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Guillows Series 2000 - B17 Flying Fortress by Striamed1. Viewed 538 times. Build Thread Next Prev Click image to return. Image Comments Striamed1 28-Jun-20 21:32 Sanded out nice. Could use suggestions on how to cover with silk sceen and eze dope 50:50. I am a ways away but would appreciate tricks to make it go on smooth on a planked/filled surface David Duckett 29-Jun-20 03:50 I have not used Ezedope so I don't know how it would work. At this point I paint on three coats of thinned nitrate dope, sanding after the first and third coat. I apply silkspan wet, anchor on the sides with dope, smooth it out and dope it in place. I put on three coats and then sand with 320 wet/dry sandpaper. Ready to paint. About filler: I put it on with my fingers straight from the tub. Diluting it would add moisture and that will affect the balsa. heywooood 29-Jun-20 10:58 Don C 29-Jun-20 15:02 OK, I'll chip in also. I apply the filler with my finger straight from the tub. Occasionally, if it seems to be drying out in the tub, I'll mist a little bit of water in the tub before putting it away, but I don't thin it. As Heywoood said, I use a circular motion when sanding it down. Seems to give me a smoother surface. Then I do as David does with dope and silkspan. I have used an auto filler/primer (Duplicote) spray both before and/or after the 3 coats of 50/50 nitrate dope. With 320 grit sand lightaly until the wood color starts to appear. That lets you see if there are any imperfections. I've painted directly over the primer and I've also doped it first. Both work, but the dope will thin the filler and drag it around a bit on the first coat. BTW, it's looking good. Striamed1 30-Jun-20 00:24 I am sincerely thankful for these suggestions! I have some homework to do. i will try this on some non-aircraft balsa surfaces with filler applied and see which one I screw up the least ;-). More to come! Please sign in to comment on this image.