Aircraft Skins Made Simple - (DIY Sticker Kit) | Flite Test
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- A quick tutorial showing how to skin your foam board airplane with almost any paint scheme you can think of!
Steven's skin designs are available in the article:
flitetest.com/a...
Check out the Dawn Patrol (Gotha Gaggle) episode here:
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Let us know what designs you'd like Steven to create!
This is awesome! would love to see the other side of the process where you load your prints into the program and layout your design on them. The whole process in one video would be even cooler kinda like the build videos.
I second this idea! :-)
I love that ideal is there a web site I can go to to to find the graghics
not sure if you guys cares but if you're bored like me atm you can watch all the new movies on InstaFlixxer. Have been streaming with my girlfriend for the last few weeks xD
@Aries Royal Yup, have been using Instaflixxer for months myself :)
Super clever and some great instruction! He is an excellent teaching personality. I'm going to be building a few planes in a few weeks with my nephew and this will be a nice touch to make them special.
Im so glad I watched this clip! Going to skin/cover my next foam board plane
This makes me want to build one!! What a fantastic idea
Poor Stephen. All that hard work and we rewarded him with Miss Kitty. :D
Awesome episode!
keep up all the great videos they are always very useful full of tips and tricks. Flit fest looks amazing i wish i could have been there but its a bit hard to get all the way from the uk to the U.S i hope you and everybody else had a great time and thanks by making making all the videos that inform in all whats going on as if i were there.=)=)=)
Those skins make planes awesome looking
More.... More.... More.. .
of this type of content Thanks Flitetest.
Congratulations Stephen! Looking great.
wow, this is fantastic, thanks Steve and flitetest!
I was already planning on doing this to the P-51 kit. I have a lot of experience making texture maps for 3D modelling, so this technique seems a natural! Can you say rivet detail??
Is there any other reason to remove the paper from the foam except increased strength?? It can't add that much weight.
You could also use the full sheet avery lables and not mess with the 3M 77 spray. That would work well for making decals too if you don't want to do a full skin. Less messy too.
this could actually be a good idea for us Europeans. if you have to scratch build anyway, gluing on the skin first is no problem, probably makes it even easier and since Depron seems not to be stiff enough for some planes, it could be stiff enough with the layer of the skin on both sides. if somebody has tried this out please reply to this post :)
@FliteTest we still would like some source of your planes here in europe ;) especially now that you have water resistant foam
Awesome way to paint without painting. I still like my idea of having FliteTest printing color on the foamboard before laser cutting the sheets. I sent that idea a year or two ago, maybe larger flatbed printers are still too expensive.
The problem is that this won't work with the new water resistant foamboard anymore. The brownish paper won't look good with a print on it.
Printing directly onto the Addams foamboard is a great idea. If you're a scratchbuilder with a large flatbed printer or plotter then you could whip up some really neat paint schemes.
Commerically, however, I forsee too many problems. Let's skip the obvious for a moment and talk about pattern alignments. Critical care will be necessary when transferring 'parts' from the printer to the cutter. One at a time... shouldn't be much of a problem - that's what scratchbuilders do. But you need quantity... and need to maintain the same quality too - in an acceptable cycle time.
Then you have to stock a plethora of paint schemes for each model. And you'd need the space to do so as well.
I'd be forgiving on an order mixup but I sure would be in a quandry if I ordered a FT-F22 with a wicked Raptor looking skin and instead was shipped a "hello-kitty" by mistake ;-)
It's not impossible but scratchbuilders like to this sort of thing (paint schemes) themselves anyway.
SkyFX says hello.
Awesome job Rasterize!
Well, I'll try this myself but I'd suggest coming up with a really wicked looking snakeskin... Everybody loves the look of a Diamond-Back Rattlesnake skin!
You could then easily expand into Red-Dragon Skin, Big-Gator Skin, Itsy-Bitsy-Gecko-Skin, And the inevitable Raptor-Skins. Woooo.
Skin skins! That would be cool!
As you lower the piece, use a firm straight edge, to help eliminate air bubbles.
Those are some awesome skins! Hey guys, can you try to make a RC tie fighter from Star Wars?
RASTERIZE is AWESOME!
also I am in another episode! (by accident) Too cool!
what software program is mostly used to "colorize" your plans? I have many PDF plans on file but unsure how to colorize them in order to send to printer etc. Maybe Photoshop can import PDF to colorize? have to look at this idea soon
This inspired me to build the Bloody Baron! When will the DIY skins be available on the site?
Hello all. So I have been flying the new flight test frame, the ft 210 quad and I was wondering when there would be a review or build video will be posted. I would just like to see how you guys wire it, so that I can see how I could clean up my wiring haha.
Please use Depron. It's a fantastic material and you won't be wasting all this paper.
Hello, what a good job steven do.
many of this design is great.
but for me the great is the steampunk style, Please Where can we find this design?
3M Super 77 from A.C.Moore or Michele's ! Great Video.
I think this is a great idea. Question: how do you eliminate the extra info from the plans so that the info does not print? You mentioned eliminating two cut outs on one side. The plans I have seen from FT are usually PDF files... do you have a way to separate the parts and print only what you want?
import .pdf to ikscape
great job man!!!!
I love flight test!!!
I hope you love _Flite_ Test too!!! ;-)
*FliteTest
When are the skins coming out I've been waiting for a year 😫
are these printed in ink jet or a laser printer?
Where do I find me that skin he was using? Awesome job man! Miss America p51?
Josh, Pete, and Josh can you test the Arcus M from ST Models, Hitec Extra 300s and the Phoenix Decathlon arf please. Alex can you test the Black widow 260 rtf beginner quad from hk please.
Hey guys...it's been a while since I have watched a build video from you. I can't find which foam airplane these skins are going on. I think it's an awesome plane that could possibly be made into a bi-plane to match the "paint scheme"? Thanks
It's a Baby Baron, the Mighty Mini's sized version of the FT Bloody Baron. You can find plans and building instructions on the forum. Just google for "Baby Baron build":
forum.flitetest.com/showthread.php?17571-Baby-Baron-Build
Oh and there is a bi-plane version too:
forum.flitetest.com/showthread.php?28267-Baby-Bi-Baron-Build
Thanks!
love this video and I love Flite Test I wish I could meet them. :(
Don't give up on that wish yet. :)
Well, you never know Blaziken! We may just cross paths sometime!! We hope to meet you as well sometime in the future! Blessings and thanks so much for your support!!
S.O.
Out of curiosity how do I send you guys a design of a plane I made for you to test?
fantastiche!
Where could I get the big plane planes(zeppelin steeaken)?????
P.S im not actually Evie but her brother Gabriel I'm just using her channel to write this as i don't have my own channel at 10 but i hope to make one inspired by yours all about elite and RC but i don't know what to call it any ideas many thanks Gabriel.
can u make a video on how to make the little planes? I'm more of a buy it and fly it guy, I've never built one so could u make a video on how? thx!
There's a detailed build thread with a lot of pictures on the Flite Test forum:
forum.flitetest.com/showthread.php?17571-Baby-Baron-Build
so many build videos on the flite test channel. also the plans for pretty much all their planes are free from their website. enjoy!
are there any plans available to download for this plane please? :D
Bit late but I think you should had that hat to the flitetest logo!
I would love to see a SeaDuck skin.
can you buy the foam without the paper?
You can but it's usually a different thickness and can throw of your build. Some people like to use water to take of the paper. They say it reduces the amount of curl. Never tried it myself.
Yeah its called depron (3 and 6 mm) but it is way more expansive (here in holland we almost only use depron for scratch building)
I looked at the skin for the pre-made skin for the mini scout and I tried to print it but It didn't print at the size of the plane. Does anyone know have I make it to the scale of the actual plane?
When will the skin's be available?
Does it has to be super 77 or is ok to use regular m3 77?
Have you guys made an RC model of a predator drone?
I have a challenge idea! Build a flyable plane with legos. If you want to go a step further, use lego electronics.
Or build a Minecraft Warthog! (oh, wait... it's already been done... nevermind. my bad.)
Could you guys come the Horizon Airmeet in Donauwörth Germany?
where can you get the baby baron?? I can only find the bloody baron in the store...
What happens before step one is what I'm interested in....
Why go through all the hassle of ripping off the factory paper? You can just glue it right on the factory paper no problem.
I think mainly to lighten up the weight of the plane, as these ones are so small it'll actually make a difference. On a larger plane, I wouldn't see a need, as the paper can help with durability.
on the foam here in europe its so hard to get the foam off...
you guys need to make the hornet from halo 3
Would be "Die Katze" not "Das Katze" still great design and video!
I was about to say the same thing! xD
Yes in German it means Die Katze and it would very cool if he call it Die Katze
Sorry For Mistakes Im not good in Englisch :)
actually the plane is model after a Das not ugly, hence Das Katze
I'm glad my first language is English instead of a language that has 6 different ways of saying "the". Why keep language simple when it can be unnecessarily complex.
+The_PrankGang I'm from Germany berlin
I need a steam punk ft arrow!
U guys should look up Aerofred Van H channel and work with him on rc aircraft turrets and airport armaments. He does some pretty awesome stuff with hand made mini auto cannons
Aircraft*
i use orcal film witch is cuted by ptoter
How were those planes called?
Baby Brits and Baby Barons.
which glue did they use? I forgot...did they mention it? xD
(jk i know it's 3M 77)
what's funny is that they weren't even using 3m 77. They were using scotch super 77.
Scotch is a 3M brand...
I live where 3M is based, I know my stuff =D
Came here to say the same thing. 3M something..
can you try making a star trek enterprise
Sweet
I just realized how noob I am
What glue was he using?
3M Super 77
Guys~ i need information for GPS system because im a newbie😂 can anyone help??
What plane did he used
That plane was a BABY BRITT! A smaller modified version of the bloody baron essentially!
+FliteTest hey guys. Maybe you should make the DeLorean time machine as a quad copter
+FliteTest hello you guys @ test flite. Could you or anybody please take less than 2minutes to watch a video of a problem I'm having with throttle from the tx. All seems OK in calibration, it's just when I use the tx, it's a bit erratic. All is in the description. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
can you make a giant 737-x
I just checked Menards sells 1 /2 inch thick by 4'x8' for 10.59 $$$$$$$$$$$$
0:22 Buster?
I'm german I can tell you it's die katze
lol, can`t believe I just saw person talking about gluing piece of paper on piece of foam for 10 minutes...
at the end when they started celebrating... lmao!
it was very clear they were americans
One of them actually was a Brit. :)
Miss kitty 🐈🐱
Die Katze
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Lol i wanted to dislike temporarily just to see if someone would comment on it and oh f..... Did i start a trend?!?!?!?! At least the dislikes went from 5 to 4....
To the
Das Katze?
"The cat" (should be "Die Katze" though).
Yeah, it's German.
"Das Katze" would be wrong, it's called "die Katze".
;)
Benjamin Winter Hab mich eher gewundert warum er deutsch spricht oder es zumindest versucht.
Viele Amis lieben es, mit deutschen Begriffen zu spielen. Und es war ja schließlich ein "deutsches" Flugzeug, was Steven da hatte. :)
Wtf with that guys long sleeve/short sleeve shirt?
Weirdo
let him do what he wants to do
dis you stop to think that maybe he has a condition where he feels more comfortable with that clothing he might have a burn or a birth mark or a skin condtion that he feels more comfortable to have covered. more to the point what has it got to do with you? the guy is helping people to enjoy the hobby and helping more than likely helping mainly children or the younger people to learn rc modelling and new skills. he is being a helpful kind person and putting his time and energies into helping others. thats a lot more than what can be said about you just offering insults that are completely unnecessary and unhelpful and could be deemed to be hurtful. why dont you put your energies into doing something more positive like the example he is setting instead of just trolling people.
how?
Meh. Been called worse than a weirdo. I'm a breast cancer survivor of 3 years. They removed all my lymph nodes from my right side. It is a compression sleeve that I have to wear or else my arm might swell up like a sausage! It's
either look like a weirdo or lose an arm. ;)
+Stephen Rosema ok sorry, no worries.
Please use Depron. It's a fantastic material and you won't be wasting all this paper.
Depron is expensive in the US. That's why they use the foamboard instead.