A couple of years ago I had the misfortune of buying a new giant scale Christen Eagle ARF from Hobbico/Tower through my LHS.

The covering was terrible. I was so dejected that I sold the plane. I was not about to try to fix it. A prune looked better. When I got it originally, virtually every piece including the FG parts were damaged. This was not a scratch and dent. Took over a year to get it replaced and all the replacement parts also had serious wrinkling and a few damage problems.

Not having learned my lesson, I got one of the Giant Aeromaster ARFs when they went on sale. Same problem with the covering and a few of the pieces - smashed wing ribs. I thought, no big deal. It'll cost more to return the wings than the cost of the entire kit. Guess all that Tower crap stinks. So I tried shrinking the covering. That's when I learned what a sucker I was.

On one side of the fuselage, the MonoKote cracked and ripped as the plane was just sitting on the bench. That was prior to shrinking.

After several hours carefully shrinking, the next morning it looked as though nothing had been done. This happened two more times. On one try, I found out how easy it is to blow a hole in the stuff.

My solution was to just leave it like it was, wrinkles, poor fit and all with Ultracote patches over the holes.

The problem I now have though is that my latest project calls for a color which is available in only Monokote. So against my better judgement, I've ordered the stuff and will give it one more try. When you hear the wailing all the way to wherever you are, I'll agree when all you guys say, "I told you so!"