ORIGINAL: tschuy
Trying to get TopFlight or Great Planes to admit they changed the formula has been pushed before and they just politically spin it. I use to love working with it and had many a good covering jobs on my airplanes. But the last attempt of using the stuff two years ago had me walking away as a long term user of thier product. Its crap and I'll never use it again. Which sucks as I really liked the transparent film to show off the wood work. Can't do that anymore. I look at it as their loss and Ultracoat's gain... With the current market and the trends of the hobby now (huge focus on cheap Chinese ARF's and RTF's) I don't see the situation changing which is sad since many of us RC old-timers got 60% of the enjoyment of building and spent the last 40% out at the field showing off something that we created and flying....
Its just sad from my perspective.... Maybe I'm getting too old.... [img][/img]
No one has to stop building from scratch or kits unless they want to do so. eBay has plenty kits and plans for sale, not to mention RCU and RCG***p's listings.
The ARFs and RTFs give me the chance to fly while I'm taking my time building models with no pressure on me to hurry to completion. It's just a hobby. I can do as I please.
My first problem with Super Monokote occurred in the late seventies/early eighties when I built a couple of RCM Trainers in 60, then 40 sizes using metallic copper red and white Super Monokote for covering. I LOVE this color combination, but the difficulty that the metallic red gave me with not sticking really drove me nuts. The Super Monokote that I used after that and the Oracover/Ultracote that I used a bit later were fine. In the early nineties I built an Utter Chaos 60 and used Super Monokote Pearl Yellow (babysh*t gold). Not only would it barely shrink, it eventually all came loose with some pieces actually falling off (different owner than myself flew it then). I have had better luck with Econokote staying shrunk and in place, but the color choices are too limited, or were the last time I looked.
If you are tired of reading about a particular topic - DON'T READ THE THREAD!!! New people come into this hobby every day. The world does not revolve around you.
Ed Cregger