Hi fellow airheads!

Actually, it's not Monokote Blue, it's True Red. I built a Sig Kadet LT-40 kit for fun and profit (mostly profit). I decided to cover it in a red/white/blue scheme, just to make it different (and prettier) than your standard Kadet.

I already had Ultracote white and blue. I liked the Monokote True Red against the blue better than the Ultrcote red, so, against my better judgment, I bought a roll.

I'm covering the red/white stripes on the top of the wing now. It seems that Top Flite has the "shrink" setting dialed up to just under "strip paint". In fact, I have a paint stripper I seriously considered using. My Coverite Black Baron iron is turned up to around 350 to attach the edges, and my heat gun is working overtime. It takes an obvious color change of the Monokote to actually shrink it, and I'm holding the gun in one place a LONG time. It's a big PITA.

I'm seriously glad this will be the LAST plane I cover with Monokote.

To those who use and get good results with Monokote, more power to ya.

Just venting a little.

Dr.1