Jes,
I second that. It really did come out great! I just Minwaxed my Mustang and one of my Spitfires today. I have another Spitfire, Bloody Wonder and FT-22 to Minwax tonight or tomorrow. I used a 2 inch foam brush, and it worked really well. I buy the cheap set from Harbor Freight. I love how rigid the Minwax makes the paper on the foam
http://www.harborfreight.com/10-piece-foam-brush-kit-95031.html
@Jaxx - Thanks! it's the nicest one I've made I'm actually afraid to do tricks with it as I am still too attached to turn it in to a pile of foam just yet, I'll be picking up those foam brushes in the morning! thanks for the tip! I wasn't looking forward to repeating the paper towel experiment. FYI I'm using a 2220 Exceed RC 1380kv motor with an 8x6 prop on my mustang. It flies pretty good but I can see myself wanting more speed once I get a better feel for it. I think an NTM 28-26 1350kv might do just as well and IMO better quality than the exceed motor, I'm flying an NTM 1200kv on my spitfire, and having fun. Also I've used a turnigy 2826 1400kv, it does pretty well with an 8x4 prop. I think my motors do all right on the FT 4ch planes but I think they are also on the low end of "the beef" range of things. I've only just begun to research my next step up and I've been looking at the emax 2215 motor (what I hoped my 2220 would match) and the NTM 3530 1400kv motor, if that doesn't get me full vertical I must be doing it wrong.
@Bladerunner - I'm a little too gutless to fly as far as they say my radio will go, I pretty much keep in line of sight where I can still tell orientation, I haven't noticed any signal issues (nor did I even think about that being a problem) If anything changes I'll post an update.
@ Foam Addict - I think the plane is definitely stronger since minwaxing it. I lightly airbrushed my spitfire with some color and it's starting to look pretty ratty, though it has many more flights, and some less than desirable 'landings' on it than the mustang there are several places on the spit where the paper is peeling. The minwax did create a sort of "shell" or at the least hardened the surface some, I did it mostly to improve the quality of paint and prevent the waving of the paper that I had with the spitfire. I can also say it added some weight I had to make a reasonable adjustment to my battery position after painting, this however was a positive thing cause now I can use my 2200mah batteries where as before i limited to 1500mah due to the heavy motor and awkward CG. I have an SU-37 I built from frcfoamies (thanks FT for the skills to do so) it looks sweet!! I wanna paint it up after I add the ailerons to it. I'll be minwaxing that for sure, it made it so much easier to paint, BTW I read on a post that if you give a light high grit (2000 was suggested) sand after the mix wax cures it makes for a smoother finish, I haven't tried this but I will on my next one.
-Jes