Brilliant. Thank you very much. I've been wondering what to use for a thermal soarer and I now know! Very much appreciated.

Awsum product for the price !!! Great video Mark and I'm super keen to see your tissue trials and final outcome !!!! Thanks for sharing 😉😎

Great demo, and it has given me ideas for my winter build. Thanks

I covered this dirigible model (20 ft long, 12 ft span) with doculam, replacing the original micafilm covering. Hanging in the Oakland Aviation Museum.

Nice! 👍 Definitely going to try this technique, probably on a 1m DLG Canberra PR7 profile scale. On the down side - Wilko have just announced the closure of all 400 stores so will have to try an alternative polyurethane. Good luck to all who have lost their jobs. 😕

Another excellent demo. I've heard and read of people using laminating film but never really understood what it is or how it can be used. Now I know! Now to see how adding tissue works. I've only just discovered your channel. I've been building models for years (mostly successfully!) but I've learned a lot new after watching your demos. Thanks

Brilliant, need to get some, thanks mate.

Excellent video Mark!

Hi Mark. You make it look so easy. I must admit that I had a bit of a disaster with my first attempt. But I am shure that with the right temperatures and a bit more practice in will get the hang of it. Great video as usual. 👍

Mark - Thanks for that. The various temperature where particularly useful.

Hi mark Im clad you said it was a laminating film but not doculam , as can't get the true doculam here in N Z but i have found a laminating film which is 25 microns thick and comes on a 450mm wide roll of 500 hundred meters long for $120 kiwi dollars -- about 60 odd U K pounds .. As you said that will work out a pretty good price and i just hope it works , but if it dose not a local school says they can use it so no real loss. So thanks again for all your great videos really helping me back into the R C game after40 years away/ Thank you john.

Have just bought a roll, will test it this weekend. Now I'll know how to start 🙂

Thanks!

I'm wondering how this product would look with paint. I might give it a try

Thanks Mark

Many thanks Mark - great video. Could you use this technique on small planes? I’m making a Tomboy and a Mercury Tiger Moth ATM. James

I've always just used an old-fashioned clothes iron for applying film (because I could never afford a 'proper' mini iron!), and shrank it with a heat-gun. I was astonished to see the price of 2m of regular covering film recently (10x what I used to pay for a roll!), so I too have been using 38 micron laminating film for my models. 150 metres for £17 from a mail-order office supplies company - brilliant stuff. As a clothes iron is heavy and awkward to manoeuvre, it tends to get 'rolled' round curves rather than slid. Sliding can create wrinkles. I did notice that proper shrinking irons (like yours) can be fitted with a heatproof cloth 'sock', which presumably eliminates the risk of the sole catching and wrinkling the film. Have you tried using such a thing?🤔

bravo!

You doing a sturdy wing? I would like to use it on a more flexible wing. Got to be carefull not to warp the wing. Do you have advice for me? Obviously i cant pull that hard on the material?

Hi Mark. That’s an interesting covering method. Have you had a chance to test it’s fuel proofing abilities? Mainly for a nitro build?

How do you adhere the tissue? Very interesting tutorial!

What thickness film would you suggest for 40" to 72" wingspan models? You suggest 38 microns, so about .0015, correct?

I wonder if this film would take paint? Have anyone ever try? How about using aa thin base layer of laminate then paint that and laminate over the paint so its glossy and protected Or can you get this film in colors? They sell this film at aloft hobbies and im definitely going to try it on a foam plane

Hi Mark, I see that you get gloss, satin, and matt versions. What is the product that you used please? Nice job on the covering! I am going to do the same when I get my hands on some.

Hi mark can you use a thicker laminate and just paint on it?

Hi mark...can we use spray paint over doculam after shrinking it?.

How much thickness laminating film? I have idea about 32 micron, is it enough?

Hi, great video👍I would like to try this too, where did you buy the laminating film?

Hi mark, got one more question...which type of laminating film are you using? BOPP or PET?..thank you

what is the thickness of this doculam ?

where do you get Doculam from in Uk.

I’ve never been impressed with doculam. It’s no where near as good as real covering film.