This brings back great memories. I started building in 1970 when I was 13 - I started out with paper and dope. Then a few years later I learned of Monokote. I self-taught myself how to adhere Monokote because we didn't have UA-cam back then. After several attempts, I finally got the hang of it. I used only the iron, we did not have heat guns back then and I never thought of using a hair dryer, I was too young to think of that. I typically built 8 to 10 models per year, flying U-control combat and stunt flying, 26' and 52' lines. My last build was in 2000, it was an RC plane. I have spent hundreds, possibly thousands of hours building planes and enjoyed every darn second of it. Today, 01-10-2023 (At age of 66) I still have a lot of my modeling tools including the Monokote iron. I recently bought 10 Guillow's model planes to build, more than likely I will cover with tissue paper and paint, but I might try the Monokote (Hopefully it will not warp the wings). After seeing many other videos of model planes, I have the urge to start building again. Thanx for the great video and the inspiration to get back into building. Your skills are good! Mine used to be good too, I hope that I haven't lost my touch, but I guess it's like anything else, once you start back up, your memory comes back. Since this video is 12 years old, I wonder if you will see this note.
Hello Henry, I enjoyed reading your comment. I am also 66 years old and just now getting into this amazing hobby. I have 2 planes almost to point of covering with Monokote. So much about this hobby that I enjoy, the building, the flying, the collecting aircraft....so very much to learn but all of it fun and rewarding. (Except for the crashing part.) I have several foam planes but very much looking forward to my balsa wood planes getting up in the air. Hope you follow your urge to get back to building planes again.
@@reidrepairs5837 Larry, thank you for the reply. Since I sent this message, I have worked on a Guillows Hawker Hurricane - boy is it bringing back good memories but in a much smaller scale. I am going to follow you on UA-cam to see how things go.
Larry, Thank you for taking the time to produce this great video. Not overly long or full of hyperbole, just perfect. I sought out a tutorial on the topic because after forty some years out of the hobby i am building my first rc plane. Last time i covered a wing was with tissue paper and dope! You took the mystry out of modern covering materials and technique. Well done!
Very good series well done, It has been most helpful, I do hope that container under the wing is empty of isopropyl alcohol and has been cleaned and flushed out prior to your aiming that heat gun at it. lol.
Great videos, Larry. I'm building my first RC plane now, a Lanzo Bomber, and will cover it with Monokote. Looks a heck of a lot easier (and cleaner) than the tissue and dope I used as a kid!
I watched your covering video,and I was wondering how to go about the seam from the top of the wing to the bottom.do you just overlap the coating or is there a special way to do it.any input would be appreciated.
Excellent video series!! I'm comfortable with covering a "conventional" wingtip such as the one you've shown but am now faced with covering a wingtip that is cut square (absolutely square) to the wing which is a symmetric airfoil on an aerobat. Ideas? I'm almost thinking that a piece over the wingtip first, tack around the edges, then trim the top and bottom surfaces to the edge...of course I'd certainly appreciate tips from a "master". Many thanks!!
Thank you for your kind answer. I learned something new - "control line flying" which I hadn't known before. I was about to ask "why control line, when you are wealthy enough to build RC planes?" :) Then I searched in the web and found out that this is more about competition than flight realism. Keep up the good work and greetings from Turkey! :)
Thanks for these videos, my first wing covering job was full of wrinkles and I don't even want to talk about the dreaded wing tip....but after watching this video my second wing job was much better.
If you were covering the whole wing and not just one side would you wrap the monokote all the way around the wing or just do one side at a time ? If you do just one side at a time how do you make the seam between the two sides ? I just built my first plane, a Senior Telemaster and I`m really concerned about covering it properly so that it looks good. The build came out really nice so far but I`m worried about going around the leading edge and tip...
Great looking job! I am new to covering and will be attentions in near future. One question I have is what kind of temp do you run your iron at? My hanger 9 has a pretty broad range. Also how do you know when to use seam iron versus regular iron? Forgive me if these are dumb questions but I am a total newbie.
Very informative. I've not done this before but will be soon. I noticed that you just did the one side. WHen you do the other side do you just overlap the monokote? Thanks!
Which Monokote is this ultrakote, supermonokote? It seems to shrink better than what I'm using. Is the heat gun close to melting it? Maybe I need a hotter heat gun.
Appreciate the video ... Had to laugh though when I saw the bottle supporting the under wing was Isopropyl Alcohol which is extremely volatile near any heat source ...
You make it look easy. And you say it is easy. Until it's not! 😡 I just stripped off two attempts! It's been a long time since I've done this stuff. Like 25 years. I seem to remember it being easy. TWO ATTEMPTS!!! GRRRRRRRR!!!
So with R,C. Planes you're not really flying the airplane, only the knobs with you're fingers.....control line, you are actually flyin the plane itself....its like having a live fish on your fishing pole......R.C. fliers don't get it 🇺🇸
And after you make the wingtip perfect,,... Grab an old razor blade and cut the extra film off so it looks like a dog chewed the shit out of it,,... And tack that dog chewed shit to the top of your wing.
This brings back great memories. I started building in 1970 when I was 13 - I started out with paper and dope. Then a few years later I learned of Monokote. I self-taught myself how to adhere Monokote because we didn't have UA-cam back then. After several attempts, I finally got the hang of it. I used only the iron, we did not have heat guns back then and I never thought of using a hair dryer, I was too young to think of that. I typically built 8 to 10 models per year, flying U-control combat and stunt flying, 26' and 52' lines.
My last build was in 2000, it was an RC plane.
I have spent hundreds, possibly thousands of hours building planes and enjoyed every darn second of it.
Today, 01-10-2023 (At age of 66) I still have a lot of my modeling tools including the Monokote iron. I recently bought 10 Guillow's model planes to build, more than likely I will cover with tissue paper and paint, but I might try the Monokote (Hopefully it will not warp the wings). After seeing many other videos of model planes, I have the urge to start building again.
Thanx for the great video and the inspiration to get back into building.
Your skills are good! Mine used to be good too, I hope that I haven't lost my touch, but I guess it's like anything else, once you start back up, your memory comes back.
Since this video is 12 years old, I wonder if you will see this note.
Hello Henry, I enjoyed reading your comment. I am also 66 years old and just now getting into this amazing hobby. I have 2 planes almost to point of covering with Monokote. So much about this hobby that I enjoy, the building, the flying, the collecting aircraft....so very much to learn but all of it fun and rewarding. (Except for the crashing part.) I have several foam planes but very much looking forward to my balsa wood planes getting up in the air.
Hope you follow your urge to get back to building planes again.
@@reidrepairs5837 Larry, thank you for the reply. Since I sent this message, I have worked on a Guillows Hawker Hurricane - boy is it bringing back good memories but in a much smaller scale.
I am going to follow you on UA-cam to see how things go.
Larry,
Thank you for taking the time to produce this great video. Not overly long or full of hyperbole, just perfect.
I sought out a tutorial on the topic because after forty some years out of the hobby i am building my first rc plane. Last time i covered a wing was with tissue paper and dope!
You took the mystry out of modern covering materials and technique.
Well done!
Thanks for the vid. Probably one of the best videos on the topic I've seen yet!
Brilliant video and well demonstrated. Thanks for sharing.
Very good series well done, It has been most helpful, I do hope that container under the wing is empty of isopropyl alcohol and has been cleaned and flushed out prior to your aiming that heat gun at it. lol.
Great videos, Larry. I'm building my first RC plane now, a Lanzo Bomber, and will cover it with Monokote. Looks a heck of a lot easier (and cleaner) than the tissue and dope I used as a kid!
I watched your covering video,and I was wondering how to go about the seam from the top of the wing to the bottom.do you just overlap the coating or is there a special way to do it.any input would be appreciated.
Excellent video series!! I'm comfortable with covering a "conventional" wingtip such as the one you've shown but am now faced with covering a wingtip that is cut square (absolutely square) to the wing which is a symmetric airfoil on an aerobat. Ideas? I'm almost thinking that a piece over the wingtip first, tack around the edges, then trim the top and bottom surfaces to the edge...of course I'd certainly appreciate tips from a "master". Many thanks!!
Great Technique....especially the wing tip!
Thank you for your kind answer. I learned something new - "control line flying" which I hadn't known before. I was about to ask "why control line, when you are wealthy enough to build RC planes?" :) Then I searched in the web and found out that this is more about competition than flight realism. Keep up the good work and greetings from Turkey! :)
Thanks for these videos, my first wing covering job was full of wrinkles and I don't even want to talk about the dreaded wing tip....but after watching this video my second wing job was much better.
Nice series! Very helpful as I'm about to make my first attempt at Monokote on a Supercub. Thanks again!
If you were covering the whole wing and not just one side would you wrap the monokote all the way around the wing or just do one side at a time ? If you do just one side at a time how do you make the seam between the two sides ? I just built my first plane, a Senior Telemaster and I`m really concerned about covering it properly so that it looks good. The build came out really nice so far but I`m worried about going around the leading edge and tip...
Very good video's, you are good at it and this will help me with my Piper Cub build, THANKS.
Great series. Thanks. I will try my first wing monokote now.
Super best master classs!!!!!
Great videos man!! Thanks so much.Do you have a video showing how to smoothly mate the bottom wing coat to the top? (Underside)
Thanks for going to the trouble. It really helps.
Great looking job! I am new to covering and will be attentions in near future. One question I have is what kind of temp do you run your iron at? My hanger 9 has a pretty broad range. Also how do you know when to use seam iron versus regular iron? Forgive me if these are dumb questions but I am a total newbie.
thank u for the vid!!!!
helped a lot!
Nice videos!!! Thank you!
why did you leave a gap where just where the wing met the fuselage? Was this on purpose?
great video ...what about the full wing? how do you finish it off???
I had the same question
Thanks for the series
Very informative. I've not done this before but will be soon. I noticed that you just did the one side. WHen you do the other side do you just overlap the monokote? Thanks!
Nice job! Any suggestions as to covering "radius inside corners"?
Which Monokote is this ultrakote, supermonokote? It seems to shrink better than what I'm using. Is the heat gun close to melting it? Maybe I need a hotter heat gun.
Thanks for the video. I am getting ready to cover my supersportster soon and think I can do it now.
What type of heat gun are you using ?
Excellent video as the tip is indeed the dreaded part.
Great job!!
I am covering a Zero fuselage thats round, how do i start, is there a vid on covering round fuselage. This helps with the wings,,,,thanks.
Good video buddy. I will follow this method myself 👍
Thanks - I'm going to be making another video soon
pls add the other videos in the description.
Tkssssssss very much to uploaded.
@2kchrisroberts
yep - I put a second color down over the blue
I have 2 settings on my Heat Gun...Are you using Low or High??
thank you so much
AJ - Yep you can use one piece for the entire panel if you want. I all depends on your comfort factor.
Nice job and thanks for the tips. You make it look easy!
IT is easy.
Nope, not dumb question at all. The airplane in the video is a Ringmaster Control Line airplane. It has no ailerons - just elevator control
what happons if you do it wrong i supose you will have to take it of stick a another piece of
monokote on
ThanK You,
Might be a dumb question - sorry if it is - but, err, where are the ailerons?
Thank you!
Thanks for the video, but this is only one wing surface, what about the other side?
Marcus Durand same process
dude you are a ninja!
You make it look easy man!
Thanks nice job
Is it possible to use just the iron to shrink the covering?
Jim Dent no problem! i never use a heat gun.
good video, why two different color wings?
michaelwni Probably to identify left and right at a distance. Red for port. Green for starboard
Andy C
you are very welcome
Appreciate the video ... Had to laugh though when I saw the bottle supporting the under wing was Isopropyl Alcohol which is extremely volatile near any heat source ...
faten.... troll
i want a 50cc extra but i hate the paint job on it
i want it all blue
well done....
You kind of stopped with the explanations there...
You make it look easy. And you say it is easy. Until it's not! 😡 I just stripped off two attempts! It's been a long time since I've done this stuff. Like 25 years. I seem to remember it being easy. TWO ATTEMPTS!!! GRRRRRRRR!!!
So with R,C. Planes you're not really flying the airplane, only the knobs with you're fingers.....control line, you are actually flyin the plane itself....its like having a live fish on your fishing pole......R.C. fliers don't get it 🇺🇸
you should be explaining what your doing & why !! so beginners are not guessing on what there doing. not a good vid for beginners .
And after you make the wingtip perfect,,... Grab an old razor blade and cut the extra film off so it looks like a dog chewed the shit out of it,,... And tack that dog chewed shit to the top of your wing.
Monokote has changed!!! is NOT what it used to be.
Todays Monokote is CRAP!. Most rolls are useless.
What type of heat gun are you using ?
Excellent video as the tip is indeed the dreaded part.