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Extra260 · 12-05-2006, 02:22 PM

Who can cover my 40% for me and what would be the cost if I payed for the covering??? Can some one give me an example or point me in the right direction???

Shawn Berkheimer · 12-05-2006, 02:40 PM

At R/C Blimp we have been doing custom builds as well as manufacture our product line. What I would need to know is how many colors, what material, a drawing of what you want and if paint would be included.

Shawn

Extra260 · 12-05-2006, 05:47 PM

It would be three colors. Yellow,black,silver. I am doing the red bull scheme but with black substited as the blue. I have attempted the whole plane but it turned out messy. You can do the paint to but not if it costs more than 160.

Chris Puckett · 12-05-2006, 05:52 PM

Paint is the most expensive part of covering an airplane. We only shoot Dupont and we can have over $200 in paint with no labor.

Shawn Berkheimer · 12-05-2006, 06:05 PM

For a covering job of that size airplane and 3 colors you are looking at about 750.00. Add the paint and you are up to 1000.00. From your last post you will probibly think this is too much but when you figure that a 40% covering job will take roughly 30 hrs and the cost of paint ( Dupont ) is about 60.00 per quart I think most will find my quote reasonable. Pictured is my old CA 300L that when the picture was taken the covering was well over a year old.

Shawn

**WOODisGOOD** · 12-05-2006, 06:12 PM

My covering jobs on 40% planes start at 1000.00 and go up from there. Most builders that I have talked to are around the same price.

BreadBowl · 12-05-2006, 06:45 PM

Tony,

Is that quote inclusive of all covering or is that the labor cost?

Extra260 · 12-05-2006, 08:21 PM

I would pay a 1000 if it coverd shipping. If it didnt then I could buy an arf and have an engine and servos for the cost of that. Any ways again is that the price for just labor. If so I will buy the covering. I already have a paint deal for 160 so that is not included.

ShortBus · 12-05-2006, 08:36 PM

You can get a 40% ARF, engine and servos for $1,000.00???

Shawn Berkheimer · 12-05-2006, 08:54 PM

	Quote: Originally Posted by Extra260
	I would pay a 1000 if it coverd shipping. If it didnt then I could buy an arf and have an engine and servos for the cost of that. Any ways again is that the price for just labor. If so I will buy the covering. I already have a paint deal for 160 so that is not included.

My quote of 750.00 would be labor only with you supplying the covering. Freight on a 40% using forward air is 200.00-250.00 depending on where you are.

Shawn

Extra260 · 12-05-2006, 09:01 PM

How is that???? What service do I use??? If this is true I would have a much different veiw! I was thinking it would be expensive because I shipped a 40 size glow plane one time and it cost 150 for standard ups. I think I got scammed. Does the price include the shipping??? If so I will consider.

Shawn Berkheimer · 12-05-2006, 10:13 PM

Shipping is always taken care of by the costomer, the 750.00 is for the covering labor only. Forward Air is a freight company that is quite inexpensive because you take the crate directly to their hub facility. in my case I would pick it up and then drop it off when finished in SF 50 miles away.

Shawn

Extra260 · 12-06-2006, 06:17 PM

Thanks for the help shawn I will diffinetley be condsidering it. This is the info I needed. Thanks guys.

sweetpea · 12-06-2006, 09:04 PM

Shawn is about right on the price.......I had a 35% covered a few years back from a friend. 1 color......it cost me $230 + supplies. He did paint my parts free, but I supplied the paint.

centeno · 12-06-2006, 09:19 PM

I have seen Shawn's extra that he pictured and the covering job was top notch, one of the best that I have seen, you don't get quality like his on an arf that I am aware of.

12-05-2006, 02:22 PM	#1
Extra260 Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Durango Colorado Age: 20 Posts: 1,945	Covering 40% Who can cover my 40% for me and what would be the cost if I payed for the covering??? Can some one give me an example or point me in the right direction???

12-05-2006, 02:40 PM	#2
Shawn Berkheimer Put some Bling on that thing Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Jose CA Posts: 642	Re: Covering 40% At R/C Blimp we have been doing custom builds as well as manufacture our product line. What I would need to know is how many colors, what material, a drawing of what you want and if paint would be included. Shawn

12-05-2006, 05:47 PM	#3
Extra260 Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Durango Colorado Age: 20 Posts: 1,945	Re: Covering 40% It would be three colors. Yellow,black,silver. I am doing the red bull scheme but with black substited as the blue. I have attempted the whole plane but it turned out messy. You can do the paint to but not if it costs more than 160.

12-05-2006, 05:52 PM	#4
Chris Puckett Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rantoul IL Posts: 988 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Re: Covering 40% Paint is the most expensive part of covering an airplane. We only shoot Dupont and we can have over $200 in paint with no labor.

12-05-2006, 06:05 PM	#5
Shawn Berkheimer Put some Bling on that thing Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Jose CA Posts: 642	Re: Covering 40% For a covering job of that size airplane and 3 colors you are looking at about 750.00. Add the paint and you are up to 1000.00. From your last post you will probibly think this is too much but when you figure that a 40% covering job will take roughly 30 hrs and the cost of paint ( Dupont ) is about 60.00 per quart I think most will find my quote reasonable. Pictured is my old CA 300L that when the picture was taken the covering was well over a year old. Shawn Attached Thumbnails 38.8 KB · Views: 240

12-05-2006, 06:12 PM	#6
WOODisGOOD Lesebergs pit bitch Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tucson Age: 38 Posts: 2,257 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Re: Covering 40% My covering jobs on 40% planes start at 1000.00 and go up from there. Most builders that I have talked to are around the same price. __________________ A J Russo www.daltonaviation.com

12-05-2006, 06:45 PM	#7
BreadBowl I'm a Raccoon... Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Champaign, IL Age: 25 Posts: 1,109	Re: Covering 40% Tony, Is that quote inclusive of all covering or is that the labor cost? __________________ Ryan Smith Product Developer, E-Flite Team Horizon

12-05-2006, 08:21 PM	#8
Extra260 Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Durango Colorado Age: 20 Posts: 1,945	Re: Covering 40% I would pay a 1000 if it coverd shipping. If it didnt then I could buy an arf and have an engine and servos for the cost of that. Any ways again is that the price for just labor. If so I will buy the covering. I already have a paint deal for 160 so that is not included.

12-05-2006, 08:36 PM	#9
ShortBus Workin' the pole Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hopewell Jct, NY Age: 20 Posts: 4,143 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 3	Re: Covering 40% You can get a 40% ARF, engine and servos for $1,000.00??? __________________

12-05-2006, 09:01 PM	#11
Extra260 Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Durango Colorado Age: 20 Posts: 1,945	Re: Covering 40% How is that???? What service do I use??? If this is true I would have a much different veiw! I was thinking it would be expensive because I shipped a 40 size glow plane one time and it cost 150 for standard ups. I think I got scammed. Does the price include the shipping??? If so I will consider.

12-05-2006, 10:13 PM	#12
Shawn Berkheimer Put some Bling on that thing Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Jose CA Posts: 642	Re: Covering 40% Shipping is always taken care of by the costomer, the 750.00 is for the covering labor only. Forward Air is a freight company that is quite inexpensive because you take the crate directly to their hub facility. in my case I would pick it up and then drop it off when finished in SF 50 miles away. Shawn

12-06-2006, 06:17 PM	#13
Extra260 Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Durango Colorado Age: 20 Posts: 1,945	Re: Covering 40% Thanks for the help shawn I will diffinetley be condsidering it. This is the info I needed. Thanks guys.

12-06-2006, 09:04 PM	#14
sweetpea If you can't HUCK it BLING IT! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Just Moved.......Hampton VA Age: 37 Posts: 9,269 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 2	Re: Covering 40% Shawn is about right on the price.......I had a 35% covered a few years back from a friend. 1 color......it cost me $230 + supplies. He did paint my parts free, but I supplied the paint. __________________ Offical Member of Team Caribou Lou "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But the U.S. ARMED FORCES don't have that problem." ...Ronald Reagan

12-06-2006, 09:19 PM	#15
centeno mike centeno Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: hughson,california usa Age: 39 Posts: 31	Re: Covering 40% I have seen Shawn's extra that he pictured and the covering job was top notch, one of the best that I have seen, you don't get quality like his on an arf that I am aware of.

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