Painting the F18

Steve's painting pics:

RC Groups Discussion - F/A-18 Hornet Foam Parkflyer: "31. To apply the base coat of paint for my Blue Angels paint scheme, I used navy blue acrylic craft paint thinned 50/50 with windshield wiper fluid and sprayed with an airbrush. Two coats were required -- a light initial coat followed by the final coat. No fillers or primers were used. Keep the paint as light as possible! The solid blue base coat cost 0.75 oz on the prototype.

32. The canopy was painted used brushed-on gray acrylic craft paint. To fill the grain of the foam before painting, I slathered on a thick coat of of lightweight spackling compound thinned with water and then sanded it down to a smooth finish. This photo was shot just after the spackling was sanded down. This leaves a beautiful smooth finish with negligible weight gain.

33. The completed canopy. The gray and blue are craft paint, the yellow is Coverite trim sheet."