ORIGINAL: BarracudaHockey
Once you use a heat gun in conjunction with an iron you will wonder how you ever got along without it.
Very true.
Do you NEED a heat gun? No, but then, you don't NEED a covering iron. A clothes iron would work. But a covering iron does a better job.
Take a look at these videos, especially #4 where I do the wingtips. You'll see how valuable a heat gun can be.
[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/article_display.cfm?article_id=726]Covering Videos[/link]