double covering with tissue

[sadippel]

I've noticed that tissue over the frames on my past models tends to be taught and tears easily; as well as being somewhat translucent when paintingl. So, I'm wondering if anyone puts two lawyers of tissue on their frames, and if so how that works.

[Bill Gaylord]

It's not tissue, but Coverite Microlite will provide more durability than tissue, shrink out 100% of wrinkles, and paints, contrary to what they say. It's probably lighter than applying two layers of tissue, and less effort than applying one layer of tissue, in my opinion. Also there are the synthetic iron-on tissues, such as Coverite, that are more durable than standard tissue. I believe they may even have a synthetic tissue now that has it's own adhesive, as in the past the adhesive had to be first brushed on the framework. I'd never be anywhere near this good with tissue:

[sadippel]

Thanks, any idea of where I can buy it?

[Bill Gaylord]

Some hobby shops carry it. I believe Tower is the big importer of it. I wish I had known about it when I first started building, and was covering small models with heavy covering. I have at least 5 models that now fly, after stripping heavy covering and recovering with Microlite.

[Mitch]

I prefer the look of paper and on my Spitfire and FW 190, I overlayed paper.



This is how I did it:
1. Choose which color will be your "base" color and cover model.
2. Cut "overlay" color to shape you want. Smaller patches are better and my large areas have a "seam"
3. After first color is on, shruck, and doped... I wet patch, place on towel to remove excess water, then appy to area and secure with dope.
4. After model is finished, one more coat of dope over everything.

Hope this helps, Mitch

[Bill Gaylord]

Everyone has their preferences. Just a difference in appearance. Of course the Flying Aces guys would call Microlite a bit unorthodox, but a scale person calls a covered stick frame FW190 unorthodox, as it was a metal covered plane. Just depends on the look you're going for.