I have been reading all the threads lately about Monokote being more difficult in general to work with, In general I have to agree... I just recently re covered an older Little Stik in orange Monokote and found it much more difficult to work with than I remember! but it can be done, I also just finished building an Uproar 40 with a fair amout of white Monokote and it was as difficult as the orange, but not impossible. I did find that the the purple Monokote was great to work with (maybe an older roll?) and the black looks great but I had to heat it to the point of almost melting to get it to do what I wanted, in fact I did burn one hole[sm=red_smile.gif] I feel that the Monokote still looks pretty good but does seem a bit thinner maybe, it could be they are using a thinner coating now who knows? to me it smells pretty much the same as it has for the last 30 years that I have been using it. I have 3 rolls of the new Olive Drab flat and the Dove Gray flat getting ready to go on a Goldberg Cub... anyone have input on the flat Monokote? in general it seems I need to keep my Iron on the hot side (more heat than I remember using) and really throw the heat to it when using the heat gun, it still seems to stretch around corners just fine but I swear the little wrinkles are more pronounced and harder to get rid of now. I have used Ultracoat and it is easier to use for sure but a bit more expensive and my LHS doesnt carry it. I intend to do my next couple of airplanes with TowerCoat to see how it performs. I wont say that I will never use Monokote again but for the first time in 30 years of building, I am seriously considering other coatings to try so my hobby will be as fun as it has always been.