Hi John,
I remember your plane at OSH. It was beautiful! I tried to locate & check out every Oratex covered ship that I could at Oshkosh the last couple of years. I certainly didn't mean to lump every user of a certain product in one basket. You're absolutely right - I misspoke about an "Oshkosh award winning look" and I do apologize! I was actually paraphrasing an opinion that was expressed to me by a major kit-built manufacturer. I have seen some terrible looking Oratex jobs, as well as Ceconite or PolyFiber ones, & frankly paint CAN help to hide a lot from the casual observer. But there is no reason that an aircraft covered with Oratex can't potentially be an award winner anyplace. I like what I see with it, I like it's properties & strength, and that is why I decided to make the substantial financial investment to cover my project with it, when I already had most everything to do a PolyFiber job. I hope I can do half as good as you did!