No. I am not a scale master type of guy. I fly for the fun of it. Do not take it that seriously. I am not going to Top Gun with this model. I know there are a lot people that will bash the plane because it is not scale and the colors are wrong. I hear these comments all the time. You can recover the stab if it means that much to you. I will not bother in doing so because I do not care if it is right or wrong.