There is a guy at our field that has a Hobbico Hobbiestar 60 and he has a 4 stroke engine on it. A really nice flying plane. The Tower description says it has a " Factory applied adhesive backed" covering. I was interested in the plane and email Hobbico about the covering. I didn't want a model with the sticky backed shelf covering that you almost cannot repair or shrink if needed.

They wrote back and stated they didn't know what brand of covering it was but it came from China and was a heat applied heat shrink like monokote. I am guessing it is the same Chinakote sold by Hobby King and Value Hobbies. And probably the same covering on my Tower Trainer. If thats the case then you can repair it with Monokote and it does heat shrink. But it needs a lower temp than MK. I went over some of the trim on my Tower Trainer with the heat set like for MK and it made the trim shrink too much. I figured that out real quick.

So if a beginner picks this plane at least a minor crash or scuff is easily repaired.