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In the early Eighties a good friend of mine, who owned a hobbyshop, offered me a brand new (then) OS FS-120 if I covered his Nosen Gere Sport bipe with Worldtex for him. Seeing the handwriting on the wall in FAI pattern, I agreed. The wife and I began covering that behemoth on Friday night and did not finish covering until early Sunday evening. This model had two huge 8' span wings and a fuselage so large that you could hide a small tool box in the radio compartment with room to spare. At one time I had a lamp and my head in there, checking out the terrain for the coming radio installation.

We had four Sealector irons going at once and were going through single edged razor blades like you wouldn't believe. The model did look good when we were through. My wife is an accomplished model builder too, so that really helped.

I never want to iron on another piece of Worldtex again. I can still recall the smell of that much iron-on covering wafting through the house. The covering is very nice, but once the glue gets on your iron's shoe, you have to cool the iron down and then clean it with Xylol.

I was going to be the test pilot. Unfortunately, my friend passed on before we had a chance to fly the Gere Sport. I miss my friend to this day. I don't miss Worldtex or Super Coverite. Too heavy and too much work for this old man these days. But it sure is durable - you have to give it that.