Topic: Hobby King Covering Film

Has anyone had experiance of the covering films that HK sell, by the 5M roll?

It seems to be a good price and I am going to try it anyway, just wondered if anyone has used it and what they thought comparing it to profilm?

Thank in advance

Scott

Not me personally, but a mate of mine bought some and said it's not worth the saving.

 

Hmm, that is a shame, because its a massive saving...

 

i dont know if its the same stuff but i have used the covering from the big fish and i now use that over profilm

I have tried it and it's absolute rubbish. I bought a couple of rolls of red and it was horrid to use, Carp finish, white stress marks appeared in it. A million miles away from the the quality of oracover/profilm

I've used it, and as long as you don't go silly and try and put too much heat on it, it works fine. If you go silly with the temp, or trying to remove wrinkles from a poorly attached piece, the edges can creep back slightly and expose the white backing. Not a dilemma as this can easily be removed with a bit of meths.

The price of covering in the UK is a joke, which is why I bought a load of the covering from HK. When I had to recover my funfly due to a crash, it wouldn't have been worth it using profilm as buying 2 contrasting colours would have put me at almost 70% of the cost of the kit (which ironically is covered in Profilm !)

I've used all the film coverings and I would put it between solafilm and profilm. You can be a bit more rough than you can be with solafilm, but it will not take the abuse that profilm will take when applying.

I'm really happy with mine. I bought a load of colours, including chequers which all came in 10m rolls. For the same price as maybe 8m of Profilm, I've got more than 50m of covering which does the job perfectly.







The Giant Cod stuff is probably the same stuff. For the sake of a few quid, buy some and try it for yourself.

Cheers,

Simon

Well, just taken the plunge and ordered 3 rolls, I'll let you all know how I get on.

I've got a roll of 'Amber' on order, I'm hoping it will be somewhere near the orangey-yellow  on my old YT Dragon Lady.  ordered a week ago, still showing as 'reserved'

Chinese new year has slowed up HK more than normal this year. They posted some stuff out to me a couple of weeks ago and still no sign yet. It will get here once they stop enjoying themselves 

I recently got a roll of their black. Went on ok and seems to do the job.
It's not a model I'm particularly precious about and I did it quick.

Seems fit for purpose. Wil be getting more in the near future.

Just got a notification that my order has been despatched, so things in HK are rolling again.

I have used the stuff a few times and while not exactly up to profilm or solarfilm standards at that price I dont care.
If only someone came out with a Tex covering that dosnt cost 6.25 a meter 
Here are a couple of models I used Hobby King film on.

Is this the same stuff as sold by the Huge Haddock? If it is then I probably won't bother buying. There some favourable comments on the GC site though,  so I thought I'd ask.........

P.S. You could use nylon off the roll Seamus. Not as quick or as easy to put on as Tex, and does require doping/finishing. It is extremely robust though.

P.S. You could use nylon off the roll Seamus. Not as quick or as easy to put on as Tex, and does require doping/finishing. It is extremely robust though.

At least if/when you crash you won't need a bag for the bits. 

Is this the same stuff as sold by the Huge Haddock? If it is then I probably won't bother buying. There some favourable comments on the GC site though,  so I thought I'd ask.........

P.S. You could use nylon off the roll Seamus. Not as quick or as easy to put on as Tex, and does require doping/finishing. It is extremely robust though.

Couldnt tell ya I dont like fish

P.S. You could use nylon off the roll Seamus. Not as quick or as easy to put on as Tex, and does require doping/finishing. It is extremely robust though.

HHmmm "roll off nylons........." 

Do where do you get your omega 3 from?!

They look nice, it's on order now, so I'm going to give it a go. If it's Carp, I haven't lost much and I think it would be worth a try.


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I'm not a fish eater either Seamus, but the Giant Cod site (aka known as RC Supplies) is a popular haunt for those whom fly electric models. There's also a fair collection of items used by i.c. flyers, such as fuel tanks, covering etc.....

Here.......   http://www.giantcod.co.uk/

I'm not a fish eater either Seamus, but the Giant Cod site (aka known as RC Supplies) is a popular haunt for those whom fly electric models. There's also a fair collection of items used by i.c. flyers, such as fuel tanks, covering etc.....

Here.......   http://www.giantcod.co.uk/

yea I know of them all right its just incredibly extensive postage wise to order from most uk suppliers.
Su**ex charged me 14.50 postage for a10m and two 2m rolls of text last week a grand total of 132 euro OUCH!