Thank you gentlemen.  I'll definitely check out SIG's Koverall.  I'm not afraid to do a little extra work for the same scale effects.  It's what I do.  There's an alternative out there already.  It's called Oratex.  It's made in Germany and it's supposedly an exact duplicate of Solartex.  Only problem is that the German manufacturer doesn't export to the USA despite its willingness to ship all across Europe.  The "official" distributor of Oratex is supposed to be Horizon Hobbies.  Unfortunately, my correspondences with both have resulted in mass confusion.  The manufacturer insisted it's a new dea,l and many people in Horizon are not familiar with their new product and the people of Horizon maintain that they've never heard of it and recommended me to call a special phone number that turned out to be in Alaska.....  Hmmmm

I've still kept the original emails and copies of all that stuff, but it's getting boring.

So, if Koverall is the answer, I'll swing with it.  

Thank you guys again.  It's great to have a great team.

Sincerely,

Skye (Gary)

Thanks for that tip.  I just finished reading you thread on the rebuild of the Camel.  It was excellent and I learned a LOT. 

I'll definitely build up the area around the gear block. 

Thanks,

BUSA is now selling a product called "Planetex".  They claim it's the same as Solartex without the glue.  Application = brush their "Poly-Tak" adhesive on to the surface to be covered, let it dry, and then apply the covering using an iron just like you would for Solartex.  Shrink the material with the iron and then apply coat(s) of their "Poly-Brush" to finish.  Then paint.  The demo video made it look easy.  It has my attention.

I've never used any of it so, I need to rely on the experience of others, like you folks, to help me decide which to use.  I am partial to the less toxic stuff ....whatever that might be.  So, that will play a part in my decision.  I would also prefer a covering that can be painted with Acrylic paints.  I live in the city (with all that goes with that) and would much prefer that my neighbors won't have an excuse to call the city complaining about "strange chemical odors" emitting from my property. :) 

Solartex appeared to be a great solution but, it looks like I'm a day late and a dollar short.  Maybe Oratex will work out in our favor.