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  • Instrument Panel Tips
    CHEEEEP
    Browse through full scale aviation magazines until you find a cockpit view of about the right proportions. A pair of scissors and some white glue will put you in business.
    If you have a scanner, scan the image into the computer and enlarge or reduce the scale as desired .Great if you have a colored printer.
     Instrument panels
    Instrument Panel
    To make a custom, professional instrument panel for your plane, do the following: Using individually available meter decals (fuel, altitude, etc.), layout the desired instrument panel for your plane. The decals may be glued or clear taped to a white sheet of paper. Add an outline if desired. Take the finished product to a photo copy store and have a transparency made. On the reverse side, color the instruments as desired. Glue to the planes instrument panel with canopy glue. This technique produces a custom instrument panel at minimal cost.
    James Hollingshead
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    Iron-On Tips 
    MARKING
    When cutting Iron-on type covering material, try a Farber-Castell Uni-Ball pen to mark the covering where you want your cuts. These type of pens will actually write on the covering and the marks will wash off with a damp cloth.
    CUTTING
    Cutting Iron-on type covering material with an X-acto knife is made much easier when you lay the covering material on a thick bed of newspaper. The newspaper allows the X-acto blade to completely penetrate the covering material.
    You will get straight, smooth, even cuts every time.
    BACKING MATERIAL REMOVAL
    Use two pieces of masking tape. At a corner of the mylar, stick a piece of masking tape on the front and back of the covering , with about half hanging over the edge so that the pieces of tape stick together past the edge of the covering material. Then peel the two pieces of tape apart. The backing peels right off.
    Cover Iron Cleaning
    Ever ironed covering and found out that your iron was too hot and some of the covering actually melted on the iron? Its a pain, especially when your doing multicolored coverings. A wise old man told me to heat the iron up to full heat and rub the face of it with Bounce or any other dryer static remover. WOW! It works great!!!!!. Now there's no more hastles of transfering different colors on unwanted areas of your plane.
    Chris Thomas
      Iron cover When using a covering iron you should cover the iron with a cloth to keep it from scratching the covering . The little socks the hobby stores sell are way too expensive to use. What I do and probably everyone else does too, is just use a piece of soft white cotton cloth (an old T shirt is best.) Wrap it around the iron and put a rubber band around it. Works great and best of all it's free… When you try to take off the rubber band it can be hard to get off, just cut it off with your knife. (don't be so damn cheep.)

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