I used to be a devotee of tissue and then silk and dope. Why anyone would want to return to that frail, fragile, rip loving stinky mess is beyond me. I'll just keep using my plastic film covering, thank you.

If your Monokote was that bad, you should have returned the kits to Tower. They wouldn't protest one little bit.

Using fabric, you are guaranteed to end up with an overweight model. To each his own.