I skipped the wheel pants, since I fly off grass. The Cowl is ABS, but NOT "really cheap ABS". It's about twice as thick as any other ABS parts I've ever seen, and is quite durable. The cost of a 'glas cowl would raise the kit price considerably. I believe my cowl came unpainted, and I cut some self-adhesive red material that came in the box to decorate the cowl.
I found the Vector Flight plane to be more than worth the money, and I would be hard pressed to build a similar unit for twice as much.
Good luck,
Dave Olson
ORIGINAL: Zippi
I went to "Vectorflight" Webpage and I have a question about your plane you bought. On their site they show a pic of the whole plane out of the box and it all looks good. The question that I have is about the wheel pants. They do not look like fiber glass. They look like really cheap ABS plastic that need to be cut out and then clued together. The cowling looks like ABS also and it is unpainted and you add decals to match the color scheme of the fuse, is this right? the rest of the plane and hardware look top of the line.