The horizontal tail piece was also marked on the bottom.
Here I'm tracing the middle line of the forward red area. The upper line was already traced and the template cut down for this second line.
This is the small rudder, it was inked on both sides.
The instructions say to apply some CA glue to the outside of the rudder to protect it when it skids on landing.
The tail surfaces are thin at 1/32" thick. I ran a wipe of CA glue all the way around the edges of the tail pieces but not near the wood glue areas.
Here's all the marked bottom surfaces.
After the model was assembled I realized the colored areas were probably not large enough to be easily seen. More on that later.
I was browsing through one of the forums a couple of weeks ago and saw a build thread where the modeler used powdered RIT dye to color his glider. It might be an archived post. He says he learned it from his R/C airplane days. Pics of the dried parts showed a vivid orange color. Haven't tried it myself yet, but plan to.
ReplyDeleteHi BAR,
DeleteI've used leather and wood stains on balsa before. It works great if you pick out some balsa with some different grain patterns: http://modelrocketbuilding.blogspot.com/search/label/Sky%20Hook
On a whim I went with the Sharpies on this one.