Thanks for the reply. I've used rip stop on my Battrick and used water based polyurathane to get it to stick, worked great. When you mentioned clear masking tape, I had no idea what you meant so I went to our local True Value Hardware and started looking through the selection of various tapes. The only one out of a gazillion types I found that would come close to what I thought you were talking about was clear duct tape so I bought a role.talk about a lucky guess. I'll give it a shot. I plan to used a Thunder Tiger Pro 36 or possibly a OS 25 FX for power. We do have some combat in my area but not a whole lot and I must admit I'm not up on the various class rules. I guess its time to join the national! Joe