Great job on your video! Thank you. I have been flying airplanes since 1982 and I have been building everything out of wood. Now that I'm starting to get into foam airplanes, your video has been very helpful to know how to get the popcorn out.
Very informative. Ive learned most of this on a self taught crash course on my own - but youve provided some incredibly valuable "tricks". Thank You !!
Nice jobs on those ....whst cessna 150 is that awesome awesome , only thing I can say remotely negative is ...you missed a belt loop, which I do often in back....please share more of these videos, I learned alot , if only the skills or patience to do it
Currently spraying minwax on my Kingfisher 1400 and stumbled on this vid. Great info! This will help my next project for sure! For anyone wondering, the spray is going on really well so far. Spraying over the top of my paint. But I definitely didn't put this much thought into it. 💪🏿
Very well done, I really like your style. I admire your craftsmanship in the painting you’re doing. I would also really appreciate if you could show how you start with the foam in it’s original covering when you get it and then your original treatment of the foam, including what grades and types of sandpaper you’re using. Thanks a lot, keep up the good work. Inspiring fleet of airplanes.!
Great informative video. Next time you paint it would be great to actually watch you in action, your planes are beautiful - almost all of mine are balsa now, but you're making me think of switching back. I did a basic minwax spray on a couple older foamies and even just doing that made them much stronger and resistant to hangar rash, which was the whole reason I went to balsa in the first place - I don't crash often, but my foam planes started looking beat up just from the trips to and from the field... with your technique I think my foamies would be cheaper alternatives that fly just as nice and stay looking great for years! Thanks
Thank you for your very helpful video's and taking the time to answer so many questions! I'm getting back into planes, so reading up and learning from the experienced, before getting started. Nice job on your planes!
Thank you sir, and good luck. I build them like they are real planes so only do it ONCE. Then fly them like you stole them , they last longer that way.
I'm glad you addressed folks weight questions. I fly with cameras 🤣. Paint weight is the least of my problems. But they all seem to fly just fine with some paint
Very inspiring and Beautiful work!! I really like the comment on using patience. Yea, your going to watch paint dry. Build another airplane. Thank you very much, great job!
Another tip to prevent paint bleed under your tape ruining your crisp lines is to put a coat of clear down (or a layer of polyurethane if you're using it) and let it dry prior to putting color down. Then any bleeds will be clear bleeds and will seal the edge.
I loved your down to earth demeaner. I have the yellow avanti-s. Wow, what could be done! And the Horizon 2.1m Cessna. I'm tried to paint the bare foam white on the Cessna. Masking on red and the red paint lifts. So how would you prep that for a complete re-paint ? Remove the paint with acetone ? Sand it ? Anyway, inspiring work. Cheers.
nice stuff, for the clear top coat like on the blue angels prop plane what clear coat do you use ? still the polycrylic cans ? or do you recommend some other kind of clear top coat spray? thanks
Mr Jackson, I have aFSM CORSAIR that has blisters all over it. If I was to sand and go through this process would that stop the blistering? Thank you for your thoughts on this! 🇺🇸👍🙋♂️🖖🏻
Hello, what actually is the foam filler? Is it something purchased at a hobby shop or home supply. Im a 7 year drone and race drone pilot but im almost finished building my first RC airplane-P51D Mustang. Im already hooked and i haven’t flown yet. Thank you very much for all of the tips and tricks!
You can purchase BEACON FOAM FILLER or you can use LIGHT WEIGHT SPACKLE from lowes or Home Depot or any online store to fill bad spots on a foam airplane.
Thank you for thos video ever since i saw this video 4 years ago i been using your same technique since and i have been told o have the most beautiful foam planes they have ever seen from.other ppl at fly ins and clubs. I make all the graphics my self with a vynil plotter o have a 60 inch plotter and a 40 inch vynil graphics printer and i can print and cut anything inwant onto monkote to keep it as light weight as possible cause paint and poly weighs a good bit and then all the decals if o ised vynil liwk i woild on cars would ne heavy so o ise monokote lile i wpuld vynil to make my graphics and schemes
YO,JETTMAN, I'm putting the minwax on my plane and it seems to not wanna adhere .do you send your planes before the minwax or just after.sorry for all the questions but your planes look really good,thanks bud
Great Info.. On your trainer, I love the color scheme. Could you tell me what brand and blue color you used on the trainer plane. I would like to do it on a trainer I have. Thank you Jack
The number of coats is up to your liking for the look you want to achieve. I only use Rustoleum 2X clear on my planes and the number of coats is up to you and your liking and weight savings because you are going to add weight with paint. So go lite on the paint.
First off I love your Birds Sir.... The Cessna and A-10 are Fabulous. I tried the Minwax and it works great. How ever it did lift on me when I peeled up the masking tape. I used frog tape as you suggested as well what did I do wrong? So to get the brush marks out I can wet sand it too? How thick should I apply the Min Wax? If I go to thick you get the white air bubbles? Seems to helps strengthen the foam descent and I like the glossy finish. Compaired to the Floor cleaner which is better and protects the foam better? I did the MinWax in my Eflite Commander Straight outta the box. I just wanna know why it lifted with the tape and how to do it right.
Sorry to hear your problems. First of all I'd probably didn't make this clear and I have to make it much more clear you boss practice practice practice you are not going to get the Finish like I did just trying to do this the first time this is not easy it takes practice a lot of it and learn what works and doesn't doesn't work. Some things you can try and keep in mind number one was the plane cleaned with alcohol first to remove any release agent from the factory second thing to do sometimes I use sandpaper which is like eight hundred or higher maybe a thousand just to rough up the surface to give the Minwax something to stick to on my plane you can use three coats of Minwax used to dry between each coat which may take a day and you want to send the Minwax slightly before you start to put the primer on 3rd when I go to take my tape off as in the video I stated I use a heat gun to warm my tape up before I start pulling on it so that it does not live to tape on my A10 it has six coats of Minwax on it that's why it has such a thick surface to put my paint and peel the tape off on once again in closing you must practice practice practice this took years for me to learn and that's why I'm good at it hopefully you can recover from this if not acetone it off and start all over again and do it right
No over barring music, tried and true useful information, informative and professional! Thanks JetMan
So nice to see a video without the distracting crappy music.
No bullsh*t no loud music, just usefull information, 110% informative, THUMBS UP DUDE. The foam filler and 2x seems tempting.
Great job on your video! Thank you. I have been flying airplanes since 1982 and I have been building everything out of wood. Now that I'm starting to get into foam airplanes, your video has been very helpful to know how to get the popcorn out.
The video with all the tricks I was looking for. Thank you!
Very nice video William. Thanks for sharing
Very informative. Ive learned most of this on a self taught crash course on my own - but youve provided some incredibly valuable "tricks". Thank You !!
I'm a professional painter at Beechcraft, who builds RC. You are very good. Do all the tricks I do. Very Enjoyable, Thanks!!!!
Thank you
Nice jobs on those ....whst cessna 150 is that awesome awesome , only thing I can say remotely negative is ...you missed a belt loop, which I do often in back....please share more of these videos, I learned alot , if only the skills or patience to do it
Eflite Cessna 150
Thank you
Checkout my F86 build
New to the foam game. Thanks so much for this video. Beautiful airplanes and paint work.
Currently spraying minwax on my Kingfisher 1400 and stumbled on this vid. Great info! This will help my next project for sure!
For anyone wondering, the spray is going on really well so far. Spraying over the top of my paint. But I definitely didn't put this much thought into it. 💪🏿
thanks very much for the info , that really helps me to make friends with these foamies, I'm an old scratch builder tryin to get back into the hobby .
Just want to say thanks! About to convert the FMS F-4 to the Thunderbird scheme. Your tips will be a lifesaver!
TONS of help, thank you for the video. Wish more were like you.☺
Direct and honest ideas that obviously yield pretty enviable results. All I can say is thanks...!
Just getting back into RC and this video just became my Bible for painting my foam aircraft....
Extremely helpful. I am about to rehab/repaint my badly best up Carbon Z plane. Thanks for all the starting tips.
Very well done, I really like your style. I admire your craftsmanship in the painting you’re doing. I would also really appreciate if you could show how you start with the foam in it’s original covering when you get it and then your original treatment of the foam, including what grades and types of sandpaper you’re using. Thanks a lot, keep up the good work. Inspiring fleet of airplanes.!
You have mad skills dude. Congrats!
Excellent tips, thanks for sharing! Nice work too!
Thank you Spike
Minwax is fantastic. I use it for many things. Awesome birds man.
Awesome You're airplanes look Pretty sharp, Thanks for sharing....
Great video i enjoyed it well done nice fleet too
Looking forward to the day when foam planes comes like this from the factory :)
Someday we hope.
Thank you for sharing your tips and excellent work!
Great informative video. Next time you paint it would be great to actually watch you in action, your planes are beautiful - almost all of mine are balsa now, but you're making me think of switching back. I did a basic minwax spray on a couple older foamies and even just doing that made them much stronger and resistant to hangar rash, which was the whole reason I went to balsa in the first place - I don't crash often, but my foam planes started looking beat up just from the trips to and from the field... with your technique I think my foamies would be cheaper alternatives that fly just as nice and stay looking great for years!
Thanks
That A10 looks gorgeous.
Thank you bud for explaining this to a newbie,
Awesome video...Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic. Really professional job on these foam aircraft.
Wonderful work
Very nice work. Your planes look great.
Thank you.
Thank you for your very helpful video's and taking the time to answer so many questions! I'm getting back into planes, so reading up and learning from the experienced, before getting started. Nice job on your planes!
Thank you sir, and good luck.
I build them like they are real planes so only do it ONCE. Then fly them like you stole them , they last longer that way.
Awesome video, beautiful planes.
Very well done sir! Thank you for your time!
Thank you
Thanks for this video. What clear coat do you use at the end?
RUSTOLEUM Gloss Clear
@@t33jetman Awesome. Thanks William. This video helped me a great deal with painting.
@@tommypalmer
Glad I could help, and good luck on your next project.
Hi William. One more question. I want to paint my T28 the Blue Angles blue. What's the paint and color you used?
RUSTOLEUM Gloss clear
Beautiful planes my friend! Excellent job :)
I'm glad you addressed folks weight questions. I fly with cameras 🤣. Paint weight is the least of my problems. But they all seem to fly just fine with some paint
Very inspiring and Beautiful work!! I really like the comment on using patience. Yea, your going to watch paint dry. Build another airplane. Thank you very much, great job!
Best video Ive seen about this stuff
awesome work, I may have to give it a go sometime!
Good stuff. Glad I found your channel.
Thanks for the info
gorgeous planes
I like you’re dedication to the hobby. You have some beautiful planes sir.
Thank you sir .
It helps to hear that to keep going and trying to get better.
Thanks so much for posting your technique. Your models look awesome. This will surely become a popular "how to paint foam" video.
Cool planes and video!!! Thanks for the turtorial.
I'm trying to model my Dad's Cessna 182. Thanks for the vid!
Amazing work !
Great video ! Lots of good info.
Wow! Next level stuff!!
Thank you
Your planes are beautiful, congratulations. Callie is the best
I don't use Callie anymore, I have RED5DESIGNS, to make all my decals , because he is faster for me and my plane designs.
Very informative video nice work !
thanks for doing this video, learned how to firm up the foam.
Thanks for all the great tips. Now it's time to do some costom paint work. Thanks 😎
Right On Man !
Now turn on some music in the shop and get busy
This is great, can't wait to get painting!
Thanks brother! This was very helpful!
Great Video Thanks
Realy cool, and informative video!! Thanks!! Subscribed 👍👍
Thank you sir.
Amazing work.
Very nice job bro!! Man I wished my Avanti looked like that.
Thank you
Thanks. I'm going to give the minwax a go. Great video.
i do like your paint scheme much better than factory.
Hey man! I'm a dev and an rc piolot too! I gotta sub! lol. Nice video man! Thanks! ;)
I refer to this all the time, poly is my go to on all my new foamies.
Thank you for watching Jason
Very nice work. Thanks for the advise.
Another tip to prevent paint bleed under your tape ruining your crisp lines is to put a coat of clear down (or a layer of polyurethane if you're using it) and let it dry prior to putting color down. Then any bleeds will be clear bleeds and will seal the edge.
Great video 👍
thanks for tip bro,,,im just getting into planes now,,,i have been doing rc cars for last 4yrs... subbed ya
Thank you
coming from another network engineer this video was amazing!
Great video, good information 👍
Very nice
quick and to the point! thank you
Nice video, thanks
My hat is off to you. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you sir.
Ok...hold on. So, the Minwax Polycrylic first on the raw foam, then the paint? Or, paint it first then the Minwax to seal it? That wasn't clear.
1 wash plane with alcohol
2 lately sand plane 200 to 400
3 Minwax 2 to 3 coats
4 primer
5 paint
6 Decals
7 clear coat
8 polish / buff (optional)
Good job
Great info. Thanks.
I loved your down to earth demeaner. I have the yellow avanti-s. Wow, what could be done! And the Horizon 2.1m Cessna. I'm tried to paint the bare foam white on the Cessna. Masking on red and the red paint lifts. So how would you prep that for a complete re-paint ? Remove the paint with acetone ? Sand it ? Anyway, inspiring work. Cheers.
Acetone, sand, minwax, primer, paint, clear coat.
Msg. me on Facebook so we can send photos
nice stuff, for the clear top coat like on the blue angels prop plane what clear coat do you use ? still the polycrylic cans ? or do you recommend some other kind of clear top coat spray? thanks
On the planes in this video, I used RUSTOLEUM 2X gloss clear paint or matt clear coat.
Do you weigh the plane before and after to know how much the finish is?
That’s a really good question. I wished he would have
Love the vid! Only comment is that the Air Force A-10 has the emblem of a Navy fighter squadron, VFA-25 "Fist of The Fleet".
It's not a scheme of a real plane just a fantasy
Is that foam filler something I can get at a local hobby shop? You have inspired me to repair on a wrecked a10
Mr. Jackson, what do you use to mask off your canopies to paint them or do you paint them with a brush?
I use yellow or green FROG TAPE and use spray paint.
@@t33jetman Thank you.
Very helpful!
Do you have the contact info for the “Cal graphic”. Thx and keep up the great videos👍
Google......CALLIE GRAPHICS
Mr Jackson, I have aFSM CORSAIR that has blisters all over it. If I was to sand and go through this process would that stop the blistering? Thank you for your thoughts on this! 🇺🇸👍🙋♂️🖖🏻
Inspirational stuff!!!!
Dude, bravo!
Hello, what actually is the foam filler? Is it something purchased at a hobby shop or home supply. Im a 7 year drone and race drone pilot but im almost finished building my first RC airplane-P51D Mustang.
Im already hooked and i haven’t flown yet.
Thank you very much for all of the tips and tricks!
You can purchase BEACON FOAM FILLER or you can use LIGHT WEIGHT SPACKLE from lowes or Home Depot or any online store to fill bad spots on a foam airplane.
Thank you for thos video ever since i saw this video 4 years ago i been using your same technique since and i have been told o have the most beautiful foam planes they have ever seen from.other ppl at fly ins and clubs. I make all the graphics my self with a vynil plotter o have a 60 inch plotter and a 40 inch vynil graphics printer and i can print and cut anything inwant onto monkote to keep it as light weight as possible cause paint and poly weighs a good bit and then all the decals if o ised vynil liwk i woild on cars would ne heavy so o ise monokote lile i wpuld vynil to make my graphics and schemes
The finishes on your planes look fantastic. How much weight does six coats of minwax add?
Who was the graphics company? Valley?
YO,JETTMAN, I'm putting the minwax on my plane and it seems to not wanna adhere .do you send your planes before the minwax or just after.sorry for all the questions but your planes look really good,thanks bud
Lightly sand, clean with alcohol, spray or brush on Minwax let dry for a day or two.
Great Info.. On your trainer, I love the color scheme. Could you tell me what brand and blue color you used on the trainer plane. I would like to do it on a trainer I have. Thank you Jack
Jack
I painted that plane 3 years ago, paint is RUSTOLEUM 2X NAVY BLUE GLOSS.
Nice job!
how many coats of color are you using and what clear are you finishing off with?
The number of coats is up to your liking for the look you want to achieve. I only use Rustoleum 2X clear on my planes and the number of coats is up to you and your liking and weight savings because you are going to add weight with paint. So go lite on the paint.
Is that a water based poly. Loved your video
Yes
Dude, awesome!
First off I love your Birds Sir.... The Cessna and A-10 are Fabulous. I tried the Minwax and it works great. How ever it did lift on me when I peeled up the masking tape. I used frog tape as you suggested as well what did I do wrong? So to get the brush marks out I can wet sand it too? How thick should I apply the Min Wax? If I go to thick you get the white air bubbles? Seems to helps strengthen the foam descent and I like the glossy finish. Compaired to the Floor cleaner which is better and protects the foam better? I did the MinWax in my Eflite Commander Straight outta the box. I just wanna know why it lifted with the tape and how to do it right.
Sorry to hear your problems. First of all I'd probably didn't make this clear and I have to make it much more clear you boss practice practice practice you are not going to get the Finish like I did just trying to do this the first time this is not easy it takes practice a lot of it and learn what works and doesn't doesn't work.
Some things you can try and keep in mind number one was the plane cleaned with alcohol first to remove any release agent from the factory second thing to do sometimes I use sandpaper which is like eight hundred or higher maybe a thousand just to rough up the surface to give the Minwax something to stick to on my plane you can use three coats of Minwax used to dry between each coat which may take a day and you want to send the Minwax slightly before you start to put the primer on 3rd when I go to take my tape off as in the video I stated I use a heat gun to warm my tape up before I start pulling on it so that it does not live to tape on my A10 it has six coats of Minwax on it that's why it has such a thick surface to put my paint and peel the tape off on once again in closing you must practice practice practice this took years for me to learn and that's why I'm good at it hopefully you can recover from this if not acetone it off and start all over again and do it right
When I get home tonight I am going to make another video about painting to answer your question.
Great Job! I gotta ask what Silver paint did you use on the cowl of the T28 ? Was it spray or paint on? Looks awesome
It is not paint , it is Flight Metal tape , cut and pressed and rubbed on
@@t33jetman TY Sir! I'll have to pick some up at my local hobby store.
@@Boeing777DriverAA
Just go to LOWES OR HOME DEPOT
Nice!!!
How do you get popcorn out on a foam wing
You have to cover it up with a lite weight spackling from LOWES , SAND , MINWAX, PRIMER , PAINT, CLEAR