This brings up a concern I have had with ARF's for many years. If the manuf knows you are going to have to remove the covering from a particular piece in order to assemble the model, then why do they cover it in the first place????? I certainly don't cover this area on a kit because I know I'm going to have to remove it later. I have seen a few mentions of ARF's where there was no covering on center of the stab or the bottom of the fin, but I can not for the life of me understand why they all don't do this. Just makes sence to me that they would want to build the best product for the consumer.

John