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Friday, May 21, 2021

Estes Antar #7310 Build, Part 15, Mask & Glue The Wing Details


Masking down the leading edges of the "K" pieces is tricky.
One side is white, the other side is green.

Again I used Scotch tape down the center of the leading and trailing edges. They are set down on a piece of cardboard for controlled spraying. The white underside was fully masked off to keep the green out.

After the tape was pulled.
On the other side, the root edge is still bare balsa for a stronger glue bond on the wing.


The glue strip mask is pulled up from the wing.

The strip of tape is a bit narrower than the 1/8" root edge thickness.









The "K" pieces are glued in place.

You'll have to visit the next post to see the Silver mask shown on the left.

TIP: Do the silver mask last - You don't want to lay sticky masking tape over any metallic paint! The tape can mar the reflective paint surface.

3 comments:

  1. I don't think I realized how evil those masks were until this post. I wonder how many builders are actually going to even attempt that, much less execute it properly?

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    1. Hi Neil,
      Oh, there's more masks to come! On a video, Bill Stine mentioned my notes about the difficult masking.

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