When I started in R/C I used Ambroids, silkspan and dope (talk about familier fumes)[sm=spinnyeyes.gif]. In the mid 1970s I used Monokote quite a bit. My initial covering jobs were presentable and I really only had difficulty with inside compound curves like at Horner tips and fillets. I got some wrinkles, but most the time I could work them out. Then I went to using Super Coverite and Silkspun Coverite exclusively. I liked to paint my planes and liked how these two products behaved; both for application and finishing. From the early 90s until the spring of 2005, I was involved in model railroading and took a hiatus from R/C modeling. Upon my return to the hobby, I've used ultracote quite a bit, as I visit R/CU almost every day and saw that Monokote has been constantly bad mouthed, here. It has also been bad mouthed in my club.

I have used small pieces of Monokote in the finishing of current projects. However, these small pieces are left over from airplanes built close to 30 years ago. I found this old product to be as easy to use as it was when I first bought it!

My current project is a Dynaflite SE5a in 1/5th scale. Right now, I am in the process of covering it with Antique Super Coverite and I have to say although it is much more expensive now, it is very easy to apply, goes around compounds with ease and is the same high quality product I remember!

So, my asking the question about the quality of Monokote is not from my lack of any experience with it. It is from an interest in separating the wheat from the chaff. I agree with some of you, I need to give the product a try and make up my own mind.

There are places where the extra stiffness of Monokote is exactly the right product needed, such as lightly built sailplane wings.