"...Vmar has never used the shelf paper but used a covering that was actually designed and manufactured in Germany,

And your point is? Lots of JUNK has come out of Germany, Vietnam, etc. Regardless of the country of origin the VMAR stuff is not in the league of UltraCote/Super UltraCote (Oracover) which can take heat guns and irons, hence it gets the 'shelf paper' award in my book too. I did a VMAR P-51 and after a complete rebuild and recover it is a fine flyer. For little more in original cost, but less in 'regular flying' condition cost I have a Hangar-9 P-51. - Compare the two and see how they stack up.

VMAR?

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