Alan Gordon 5 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Hi folks. I guess this topic has been done to desth but with the demise of Solarfilm/ Solartex can anyone suggest and alternative sopplier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Oracover ( profilm as it was ) and Hobbyking. There is also nylon and dope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason-I Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Posted by cymaz on 10/01/2020 06:18:46: Oracover ( profilm as it was ) and Hobbyking. There is also nylon and dope. The only problem is Oracover is far too expensive and Hobbyking film has been out of stock for months (and with Hobbykings current difficulties, who knows if it will ever return to stock). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 A club member is covering a model with nylon and dope. I hope to get a lesson with this technique soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul d Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I'm currently covering a model with polyester silk, available from hobby craft for a very reasonable £2.50 a yard (60" wide), it's sold as a dress lining material, very tightly woven and light ( .07mm thick). I'm using covergrip to apply it, shrink taught with a medium hot iron then 3 coats of thinned dope to seal, goes round double curvetures wonderfully. Much lighter than nylon but just as strong imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel R Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Some colours of the hobbyking film (white, red, black, silver) are listed on banggood, about £12 posted (from china, be prepared to wait). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Skilbeck Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 You can get Easycoat seconds for £9.99p per roll from a few UK suppliers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilC57 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I covered the model below with Easycoat seconds last year. Supposedly seconds, but I couldn’t see anything wrong with it. Robot Birds are selling various colours at £10.95 for 5m at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyinBrian Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I have used Oracover (Profilm) for years and it is the best film I have used. HK film is also very good and much cheaper. I could never get on with Solarfilm though Solartex was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Solarfilm still have stocks of various colours and materials in different length rolls. Check out their website **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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