Top Flite TOPA0290 - Manual (Page 62)

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4.
Thoroughly scuff the cabin top with 400-g
rit
sandpaper to remo
v
e an
y deep scr
atches lefto
v
e
r
from sanding the fuselage and to pro
vide a surf
ace
to which the paint will adhere
.
Apply str
ips of tape
where necessar
y to protect the windo
ws
.
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5.
After sanding the cabin top
, apply str
ips of
masking tape o
v
er the windo
ws
.
Using the molded-in
windo
w fr
ames as a guide
, use a soft, lead pencil to
mar
k the windo
w outlines onto the tape
.
Use a shar
p
#11 b
lade to cut on the lines
, then peel a
w
a
y
the
e
xcess tape lea
ving the windo
ws mask
ed off
.
Apply
a coat of pr
imer
.R
emo
v
e the masking tape
, w
et sand
the pr
imer
, then re mask the windo
ws
.
N
o
w
apply the
color coat.
With a little luc
k and skill all that will be
required will be tw
o coats—one pr
imer coat and one
color coat.
IMPOR
T
ANT
:
Y
ou can lear
n from our
mistak
e! Ev
en though y
ou are painting the outside of
the cabin top
,
BE CER
T
AIN
to mask off the inside as
w
ell.
An
y o
v
erspr
a
y
that gets on the inside of the
windo
ws will ha
v
e
to be remo
v
ed.
W
e
ha
v
en’t
disco
v
ered a solv
ent that will remo
v
e LustreK
ote
without aff
ecting the plastic as w
ell.
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6.
If y
ou w
ant to go all-out, y
ou can do the same
as w
e
did on the model on the kit bo
x co
v
er and paint
the landing gear too
.
Disassemb
le the gear
, then use
denatured alcohol to wipe a
w
a
y
an
y g
rease or oil.
Lightly sand the par
ts as best y
ou can with 400-g
rit
sandpaper
.
A
n
y
e
xtr
a mold flashing will ha
v
e
to be
tr
immed off the wheel co
v
ers on Robar
t wheels
.
Use
an airbr
ush to spr
a
y
the landing gear par
ts
.
Allo
w to
dr
y thoroughly bef
ore reassemb
ling.
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7.
If y
ou ha
v
en’t y
et done so
, coat the fire
w
all and
the nose gear str
ucture with 30-min
u
te epo
xy
thinned with alcohol or fuelproof paint.
Also coat the
underside of the top wing sheeting in the flap area (if y
ou’v
e b
uilt w
o
rking flaps).
FINAL ASSEMBL
Y AND SYSTEMS HOOKUP
W
e
’re finally getting do
wn to the
“home stretch”
and
pretty soon y
our Arro
w will be ready to tak
e
to the air!
❏
1.
If y
ou didn’t use a Great Planes Slot Machine to
cut the hinge slots
, dr
ill 3/32"[2.4mm] holes
,
1/2"[13mm] deep
, through the middle of all the hinge
slots to allo
w the CA to wic
k all the w
a
y to the bac
k
of the hinge
.
D
rilling holes is not necessar
y if the
hinge slots w
ere cut with a Slot Machine
.
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2.
Fit the ailerons to the wing with the CA hinges
.
If an
y of the hinges don’t remain centered, stic
k a
T
-
pin through the middle of the hinges
, then join the
ailerons and remo
v
e
the
T
-pins
.
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