Glossy paint / Matte finish

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David Stroud
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Glossy paint / Matte finish

Post by David Stroud »

'Airy..why are you concerned about gloss paint? It is quite common to put a flattener in the
Poly Fiber products and you can make it as flat as you want.

Dave Stroud, Ottawa, Canada
Christavia Mk 1 C-FDWS
Fairchild 51, early construction

----- Original Message -----
From: "Airy-Hugues Millet"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 5:47 AM
Subject: Re: [fairchildclub] Re: parts from Tampa??


>
> Hy James,
>
> I am going to purchase a C-11 tachometer (Jaeger) to replace our original
> one!
>
> Otherwise, F-AZCI has the paint scheme from north african RAF planes, with
> dark-earth + green colors for camo, and azur blue underwings and under
> fuselage!
>
> But the colors used nowadays are of gloss paint...what a pity!! I really
> much prefers original matt, but we can not decide of everything!!
>
> if you want go to the "gallerie" of F24
> on this site: http://nostalgair.free.fr
>
> (I am still making requests to some friends about fabric samples....an hard
> search...!!)
>
> See you,
>
> Airy
'
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