Written by Bob Benjamin
A fresh look at dope-and-tissue covering
How-to
As seen in the March 2018 issue of Model Aviation.
Since model airplane builders have been using aircraft dope to attach, seal, and finish tissue and other paper coverings, we have been looking for a better way to achieve the taut, light, neat appearance of doped tissue, silkspan, or real silk without having to deal with the smelly side effect of using either butyrate or nitrate aircraft dope!
Most people who aren’t aeromodelers would refuse to put up with it. Throughout the years, model builders…