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What ever happened to Top Flite Fabrikote? - 9/10/2004 3:20:32 AM   
zoomzoooie



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From: Osoyoos, BC, CANADA
Status: offline 		I have a couple of rolls from long ago and wanted to get more. Anyone know where to get it or have any you might want to sell or trade?

Email me: zoomzoooie@cablerocket.com

ZZ

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RE: What ever happened to Top Flite Fabrikote? - 9/10/2004 12:16:02 PM   
pettit



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From: Durham, NC, USA
Status: offline 		Top Flite hasn't produced thiss stuff in at least 15 years.

THANK GOODNESS!!!

It was the only covering material that I have ever seen that would not stick to itself at seams. Honest!

Plus it was heavy, didn't shrink evenly, it's color was uneven throughout the same roll, shall I go on?

I used the last roll I had to wrap Christmas presents, and I had to use Scotch tape to keep the seams shut.

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RE: What ever happened to Top Flite Fabrikote? - 9/10/2004 9:49:50 PM   
F4u5



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Status: offline 		That's expensive wrapping paper Dick.......

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RE: What ever happened to Top Flite Fabrikote? - 9/12/2004 3:09:29 AM   
zoomzoooie



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From: Osoyoos, BC, CANADA
Status: offline 		Hmmm...
It stuck pretty good for me. Did you use balsarite before you put it on?
I had a hard time stripping it from my cub. The only reason I stripped it was because I didn't have enought to finish it and couldn't find more. It was yellow and looked evenly colored to me. The other roll I have is white.

Your right it does not shrink a lot so you have to be able to put it on well. The shrink factor is another reason I want it for smaller planes, such as 1/2A size.

It's lighter then monokote and Coverite faricote by quiet a bit.

ZZ

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