I took a look at my VMar Tomahawk last night. It looks like it is very well constructed but like most ARFs it will need some Medium CA and some accelerator in some areas. There are some rather dry looking joints.

The Power Module is unique in that you can remove the firewall which helps get in behind the firewall to beef up some glue joint in there. I haven't decided if I will use the module concept yet or if I will just epoxy the firewall as normal. The module concept is you can remove the engine and fuel tank to change engines or do maintenance without a lot of work. It looks pretty neat but it allows an opening into the plane at the front end and I'm not sure if I like that. We'll see.

The wing roots look like some really light balsa was used. I didn't look at the wing joiner so I can't comment on it. If it is funky as some have said, I have lots of ply stock to remake one of my own. The servo tubes for the flap and aileron servo are pre-installed...that's better than some GP arfs I've seen. I like the rocket tube conduits so I thought that was cool. The wings look very solid.

The landing gear is pretty stout aluminum for the mains and the wire nose gear has some non-working scale detail similar to the Robart covers. The wheels are actually solid plastic instead of the normal foam wheels on most ARFs (which I usually exchange out with DuBros)

The hardware is usable but not up to my standards so I will be exchanging them out. For example, the pushrods are solid wire from servo to control surface with easy clamp-style connectors. The control surface clevises look solid with a metal pin, but I like what I like so those will be changed out.

The elevator servo is mounted at the top of the vertical stab under the horizontal stab so the connection is only 2 inches long...solid! They even include a universal servo wire extension for it...that's convenient!

It shouldn't take long to assemble this ARF. Looks like it will be a fine addition to the fleet. I may be a heretic saying this but this is my first VMAR ARF and I would buy another without hesitation. If there is a history of crappy constuction they seem to have solved a majority of it. Like any ARF, check the joints that you can see before assembly and you shouldn't have a problem.

Don