Mountain Models Magpie
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each piece by 1/4" or more. The tape should also extend past the wingtip where you will
wrap the tape around the tip before trimming.
Keeping your scissors or hobby knife clean is very important to the covering
process. After every five to ten cuts, wipe your blade with a Windex dampened
paper towel. The residue from the tape can make clean cuts almost impossible
since the tape will stick to the blades and just rip instead of cut.
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Repeat Step 3 for the rest of your wing.
You can use permanent markers to decorate your covering if you don't want to add
weight or covering complexity.
Smoothing out the Covering Tape (Optional)
Using a heat gun or hair dryer, you can carefully shrink the tape until you get a glassy
finish. This is not a required step, but will make the surface look more polished. Be very
careful as the tape can shrink enough to pull away from the adjoining tape. It is also very
easy to melt the foam. Start with the gun on a low setting and increase the heat till the
tape just starts to shrink. Too much heat is a bad thing.
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Start shrinking the bottom of the wings first, beginning at the leading edge and moving
towards the trailing edge. Do the middle areas last.