Guillows Cessna 180 How To Do the Tissue Covering 

It's a lot easier to use a spray bottle to wet the wings. I use an old perfume atomizer because it gives a more even spray and is a lot more controlable

Thanks Cliff. Sought out this video from your site. I bought a second hand Tomboy, with damaged fuselage tissue. I have copied your techniques and am very pleased with my first attempt. Still got finish but your expert teaching has made the project much less stressful. Thanks again!

Oh, I see. Matt lacquer. Will have to look for that! Thanks!!!

Great video Cliff! Thanks for sharing your tips for tissue covering.

Thankyou so much Cliff love watching your videos I enjoy the simplicity of what our hobby used to be about

Cliff thanks!!! Love your precision with the scalpel for tissue cutting.

I really enjoyed your video, I have built many models over the years, and I found myself saying "Why didn't I ever think of that?" a lot while looking at how you covered your model. Thanks for the tips!

im new to model plane making after a stroke and I'm about to cover my Keil craft Outlaw 600mm span 2foot in old money! great tips thank you so much. respect from a navy veteran in Suffolk England xx

Great tips for my Dumas Tiger Moth I'm working on now, thank you!

thanks.that part always intimidated me

Really nice informative video, its a long time since I have covered in tissue. Thanks for sharing.

Nice build Cliff.

Great little plane.

Tiger moth I mean. Nice video cliff

After watching you videos , and other peoples , I tried the glue sticks . Absolutely the best thing to use for the initial stick down .. no wrinkly surface like when you use a wet glue . it is workable , you can move the tissue , even lift it . glue sticks are to tissue as CA is to balsa .

I am at this point with my model. It's a spitfire. This is my first time. this a very intimidating step.

Hi Cliff. I have tissue covered loads of models but must admit I have never tried using a prit stick. I have one in my workshop. Must have a go.

I gave you a thumbs up for the time chronicle you listed. I subscribed because I will refer back from time to time and I’d like to see you in the vintage sopwith!

Beautiful, as usual. Thanks. Don't worry about length, I enjoy watching. A trick I use: Trace an outline of the wing/tail parts and pin the vent spacers down so they are already set in place for the wet parts. If you get some time could you show how cut to shape colored tissue can be used for more complicated color schemes? I always get a mess.

It answers a lot of questions I have to cover two Gullows models I have that I found in my to build boxes.

Hi Cliff, Great video on covering, I have learnt a lot thank you. I have flown RC and had a Lancaster free flight years ago.( never really got it trimmed properly ) Because of Covid I needed a little project to do, and looked at the rubber powered free flight glider type models on youtbe and they fly so beautifully. I have just ordered a model to build from Sussex model centre, it is a Mantua Lunik 3 rubber powered model. I'm trying to learn about trimming and CG. Regards Paul.

Hi Cliff good job my friend! I was planning cover my BoT with paper tissue, but had only in light green color wich I thought wasn't very appealing so I covered it with vinyl wrap in two colors white and yellow. But you're absolutely right when you say that's marvelous to see going from just a hallow frame to a solid piece!!

Great job Cliff!!👍 The things you can do with tissue a, I never worry about the length of my videos as my average view duration is about 2 minutes and 30 seconds Lol😂 is that going to get the around the pole treatment I wonder🤔

I still says this must take all the patience in the world, i probably don't have whats required. Great video! 👍

Excellent video. What do you recommend to colour the model aircraft? I have just covered my rubber powered16in wingspan Guillow Hurricane with the supplied white tissue and water shrunk it. I have not doped it yet and am a quandary about how to colour it. I was thinking one coat of dope and a light spray of automotive spray can paint but I am now worried this would add too much weight. Cheers.

We used to use "Silkspan" instead of tissue, much stronger and looks better and way more durable.

Hi Cliff, really appreciate video it is indeed most helpful. However I see that you plane was finished with out have the propeller yet attached... how did you install the rubber band and and propeller when the plane is all closed up. Hmmm!

Hi Cliff - great video. I’m about to build the Aeronca Champ and I’m wondering about the lacquer used. Can you give some information Cheers

Hi Cliff. So glad to find your channel. After a 50 year hiatus from building control line models I decided to get back into the hobby but with rubber band 'engines'. Soooo I picked up the Cessna 180 from the local hobby shop; the owner recommended I start with a simple model with straight forward instructions. Well, it was simple but certainly not straight forward but after a number of rebuilds I eventually kinda figured it out. Thank goodness I used Deluxe Super 'Phatic for the assembly as it was easy to cut through with a razor blade. The water misting went well, no warping. I just finished the doping and this is where things went terribly wrong. The owner suggested I use Eze Dope and it went on beautifully BUT in the tail, rudder, and few spots on the wings the upper and lower surfaces stuck together when they dried. I've tried several times to re-wet but with limited success. I should have used hair spray or something else. My question is: does it matter aeronoticaly (is that a word?) if the covering in 1 or 2 dime sized spots on the trailing edge of each with is stuck together or should I replaced the upper and lower panels? Because the coverings are so close together the tail fin is much worse. More than half are stuck together which has caused it to warp just a bit. I'm expecting to have to replace the whole tail.When I do will I need to scrape off the tissue that was glued onto the balsa? Also, what did you use to glue the plastic cowl and windows? Sorry for the long winded post. Thanks and cheers.

I'm in the middle of my first build, about ready to cover the frame. Is it necessary to pin the parts to dry while shrinking the tissue? Thanks for the great video with helpful tips. I'm sure they've prevented me from making many beginner mistakes.

Hi cliff about to start covering my Guillows spitfire can you use gloss lacquer also what paint do you reccomend? Can you use household emulsion ?

I’ve built 3 of these Guillows planes. None will fly because too heavy. Perhaps with an electric motor. But I have one of these 180 models in the box that I want to do next and build it to fly. Always use dope, but Im switching to lacquer after watching your video. Nice technique, very neat job which I love. Also I usually mist water on the tissue. Is there a difference in the outcome?

Hi Cliff, at 18:18, you commented about not applying glue to the trailing edge of the wing, but I couldn’t quite make it out, and I don’t see if you did or not. Could you clarify exactly if/where I should apply glue?

Hi Cliff, do you use acrylic clearcoat for the model, and is it possible to also use a colored acrylic spray paint? greetings from the Netherlands

Love it Cliff. Is there a reason a person picks tissue versus vinyl? I assume it is weight but when do you use one over the other?

Do you have a guillows spirit of saint louis video?

I live in the USA... Can you tell me where I can get good paint for a Cessna 170 model. Appreciate it, thanks.

I'm just starting out in this hobby. Is there a particular type of glue stick (chemistry) you must use to adhere tissue on wood, or can you use any, say those sold in stationery stores?

Great--what plane are you covering??

Is there a way to Modge Podge instead of Eze Dope? I have soooooo many bottles of that here at the house but no Dope. If I can, do I water it down?

Can you use the tissue from a dollar store? In Canada the Eze dope 250ml bottle $52.00 Cdn. Is there an alternative solution without the fumes? Thank you for your help!!!

Gr8 video. Is it a special type of tissue paper?

where do you get your tissue from?

Hey cliff could you use hair spray?

You need to pay attention to the tissue grain orientation.

Is that glue stick better than others? I'm currently struggling with the glue stick method.

No is that just regular glue stick or is that a special glue stick

Do i put a layer of eze dope after i put on the tissue?

Does the lacquer protect the decals?

Have you tried baking paper?

is this the cessna you talked about?

Fantastic Cliff, is covering with Ultracoat and others the same process as what you did with the tissue? You're very inspiring Cliff, thank you, Jeff in LA USA

Cliff...were you using UHU glue stick? If so, is it a water based glue? I've never used any UHU products. I feel tempted to buy some "UHU POR" for styrofoam (because I have to work with Adams Redi board and tissue paper so my planes can weigh less than 250 grams (thanks FAA :P). I don't want to build an "unmanned aerial vehichle". I just want to play with my toy airplane!! Oh!...Cliff...don't forget to put some right thrust in there! Love ya brother! Cheers, William

"There it is guys"??? Hey, Cliff, my name is Francine and I am most definitely not a "guy". Currently on the Guillow Sopwith Camel. I'll give it to my "guy" for Valentine's Day. I don't do sock puppets or paper Santas, eh? Cheerio from Canada.

very cool! checkout my video of my trixter beam build. getting ready to start a bellanca cruisemaster!