Yes it is hidden pretty well. The shuttle is a balsa and lite ply build up and I had a ball building it!!!! It's covered in Ultracote and monokote and all the lettering is hand cut along with the lines for the cargo doors etc. It really isn't that difficult to build if you have some experience and some scratch building under your belt. The prop had to be cut down and balanced to clear the fin and then it just did do it, barely.