Hello
On the subject of covering the wood fuselage, glass is overkill. It adds weight although it is tough stuff. I used 1.8 0z. glider fabric (Dacron) tacked around the edges with stits poly tack, and taughtened up using a close iron. I brush coated the fabric with stits poly brush with just enough to soak through the fabric to the wood. That makes a nice light weight durable surface. You can paint over it with primer and whatever paint you want to use as a top coat. I blended the turtle back with the fuselage with epoxy and glass bubbles. It's still holding up today. -Joe Steve, There was a very lengthy discussion on using Kevlar a few years ago. One of the guys had a large amount he came upon free or nearly so and the final decision was that it was not worth the effort unless you were pretty sure you'd be taking small-arms-fire. Save the Kevlar for pulling over yourself when you get flamed on KRnet... Glassing the fuselage is not necessary, but if you do, I am pretty sure you'd want to use the very lightest glass you can as it is not necessary for strength, only to add smoothness, but it will add unecessary weight. Frank
