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Scratch Built Grumman J2F Duck by rayl. Viewed 939 times. Build Thread Next Prev Click image to return. Image Comments rayl 06-Apr-18 11:27 All of the pieces are finally together. Used a canopy off of a Guillows T-bolt. Haven't decided on the scheme yet. One of the other RCr's wants me to put MonoKote on it. Never done that before. Hmmm. Don C 06-Apr-18 14:24 Very nice. Is that white all cardstock? I'm looking at the cowl especially. Anders 06-Apr-18 14:37 Paper and dope it. Way less work and it does not come apart at the edges. Plastic films tend to let go after a while rayl 06-Apr-18 16:39 Don; The cowl is strip planked w/ 3/32" balsa and primed with Glidden "Gripper" and the gills are 1/64" plywood. The hatch on top has had a coat of Gesso applied per DD. Unfortunately, I found out that applying Monokote over a sealed surface will lead to problems with bubbles under the Monokote. I will use a wallpaper "woodpecker" to install many small perforations all over to prevent the bubbles. The Cowl will be painted so I won't worry about that. Anders; So I've been told, but I bought a roll of Monokote, so I'm going to try it. Likely the plane will expire long before the Monokote has a chance to let go :-) jgood 06-Apr-18 17:21 Rayl, I used to use a lot of Solite over sealed balsa, and I think Monokote is the same from the one aircraft I did with it. Bubbles shouldn't be an issue, because you can just stick a pin in them, reapply heat, and they should lay perfectly flat. No pin hole visible. Not sure if we're talking about the same thing, but, FYI! rayl 07-Apr-18 08:23 Anders; Yes, I believe that are on the same page as far the bubbles go. If I screw it up, it's only a silly model airplane. David Duckett 07-Apr-18 10:56 Right. Don C 07-Apr-18 14:31 I should have remembered that from earlier post. ARF (Age related forgetfulness) julinick 07-Apr-18 15:54 Looking very nice!! biplane guy 10-Apr-18 08:38 Beautiful job! Please sign in to comment on this image.