I have been doping most of the day again today. I finally got all 3's in the doping log table. This is really an exhausting  part of the modeling process. For example, I timed myself while applying one coat of clear dope on the wing and it took me 1-1/2 hours. I have enough dope on the components now that they have to dry overnight before I can put on another one.

 

Using 7 ounce olive jars, I prepared two 6 ounces mixes of 40% Randolph's No. 210 clear nitrate dope to 60% Randolph No. 286 clear nitrate  thinner with 1/2 ounce of Randolph's No. Y-9910 Universal Retarder. The higher percentage of thinner and the addition of the retarder will insure good penetration of the last few coats of tinted clear dope. To the mix in the jar on the right below, I added 15 drops of Castin Craft yellow dye to get the yellow tint. To the mix in the jar on the left below, I added 12 drops of Castin Craft yellow dye and 6 drops of Castin Craft red dye to get orange tint, which by the way looks almost red in the picture below.