Top Flite TOPA0290 - Manual (Page 61)

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17.
Deter
mine ho
w the gold str
ipes on the
fuselage will be done
.
The recommended w
a
y is to
use a
T
op Flite Smar
tStr
ipe str
ipe cutting tool to cut
1/4"[6.4mm] str
ipes from gold MonoK
ote and iron
them into position.
It ma
y be helpful to ha
v
e
the
“N-
n
umbers”
already in position bef
ore applying the gold
str
ipes
.
Ref
er to
“Apply the Decals”
on page 67 f
o
r
suggestions on ho
w to apply them.
W
hen it’
s time to
add the str
ipes to the co
wl use Great Planes
1/4"[6.4mm] gold str
iping tape
.
P
AINTING
No
w that the model has been co
v
e
red, it’
s time to
paint the co
wl, cabin top and tail cone to match.
❏
1.
P
aint the tail cone—a coat of pr
imer is
recommended.
Using an airbr
ush here will pro
vide
the best results
.
M
ask off the rest of the model with
K
y
osho (or similar) masking film (KY
OR1040).
K
y
osho masking film has a
“lo
w-tac
k”
tape already
attached to the film and g
reatly simplifies the
masking procedure
.
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2.
If necessar
y,
w
et-sand the tail cone and apply a
second coat of paint.
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3.
P
aint the co
wl.
If necessar
y apply additional
coats of pr
imer
, w
et sanding betw
een coats
.
F
irst
paint the white
, then the metallic red.
Do not sand the
final coat of metallic red.
Apply the gold str
iping to
match the fuselage
, then spr
a
y
on a clear coat to
“melt”
it all together
.
H
O
W
T
O
P
AINT
L
USTRE
K
O
T
E
WITH
AN
AIRBR
USH
MonoK
ote-matching
T
op Flite LustreK
ote paint is
recommended f
or painting the plastic par
ts
.H
o
w
e
ver
,
when painting smaller par
ts (such as the tail cone),
better results can be achie
v
ed b
y
applying
LustreK
ote with an airbr
ush.
An airbr
ush atomiz
es
the paint better f
or finer co
v
e
rage
.
H
o
w
e
v
er
,
LustreK
ote is a
vailab
le only in a spr
a
y
can.
T
o
prepare
LustreK
ote f
or airbr
ush application, spr
a
y
the desired
color through a tube into a cup
.
S
pr
a
ying through a
tube will contain the o
verspr
a
y
thus allo
wing the paint
to dr
ip into a cup
.
Allo
w LustreK
ote to stabiliz
e f
o
r
appro
ximately a half-hour stirr
ing a f
e
w times in
betw
een.
No
w the LustreK
ote ma
y be poured into
your airbr
ush container
.If thinning is desired, w
e
ha
ve
had g
reat success using Midw
est Aero Gloss
fuelproof dope thinner
.This is also a suitab
le solv
ent
for cleaning up y
our airbr
ush when finished.
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