Post by Pappy50 on Jun 6, 2004 17:48:13 GMT -5
Well, I just finished putting on the stripes and they were not a lot of fun. Huge challenge, so I thought I would throw up some hard learned lessons.
First is the order of application. It is important to get them on in the right order or you will pay a huge price in time and effort.
The first stripe to go on is the D stripe. It is critical to get the end piece aligned with the edge of the door. This sets the placement of all the other stripes. Next is the F stripe. Line it up with the NACA duct and the blue and black part of the D stripe.
Now for a suprise. My set of SMS decals have an error! There is a blue stripe missing at the top of the decal, so align the bottom stripe correctly with the D piece. Later you can cut up the F stripe from the original decals and lay it over the top of the SMS parts. It is slightly darker but I doubt anyone will notice. After all this is done, then add the G stripe. Where F&G meet D the stripes are not quite the right width, so align the blue parts and you can add a little black paint to match them up.
I used a lot of Micro Sol(red) and they lay down quite nicely, but it took quite a while.
This was just too much fun for an afternood project. Enjoy!
First is the order of application. It is important to get them on in the right order or you will pay a huge price in time and effort.
The first stripe to go on is the D stripe. It is critical to get the end piece aligned with the edge of the door. This sets the placement of all the other stripes. Next is the F stripe. Line it up with the NACA duct and the blue and black part of the D stripe.
Now for a suprise. My set of SMS decals have an error! There is a blue stripe missing at the top of the decal, so align the bottom stripe correctly with the D piece. Later you can cut up the F stripe from the original decals and lay it over the top of the SMS parts. It is slightly darker but I doubt anyone will notice. After all this is done, then add the G stripe. Where F&G meet D the stripes are not quite the right width, so align the blue parts and you can add a little black paint to match them up.
I used a lot of Micro Sol(red) and they lay down quite nicely, but it took quite a while.
This was just too much fun for an afternood project. Enjoy!