I just picked up an ARF that's closer to Almost Ready to Fly than any I've seen yet.

This one came with the surfaces already hinged.
The horns were already installed.
The vertical stab was already glued in (and of course the rudder already hinged).
The fuel tank was not only assembled, but it was installed as well. But could still be removed.
The motor mount was installed but not bolted tightly as the width of your engine determined that.
The motor mount was drilled (fixed front holes, adjustable rear holes).
The wheels were mounted on the struts.
I forget what else, but bet I'm forgetting something.

The hardware looks top drawer.
It's a 40 size low wing trainer and you can get it in 3 different color schemes that look decent.

It's the KYOSHO Calmato (what a name) Sport. It looks like a blatant copyright infringement of the Tiger40. OK, I know that's not the way it works, but I couldn't think of a better way to say how close a copy of the Tiger it is. I got a Tiger2 and this thing looks VERY close to exactly the same. I'm fairly certain the fuselages come from the same jigs.

There are some differences. But not really in moments.

It was only $104.95 from my LHS. And the quality of the workmanship makes that a steal. Forget about all the work already done, the thing looks well made. And I think the covering is Ultracote. And I haven't checked all over but what I've seen hasn't got a wrinkle.

I understand that KYOSHO had to make a clean start this year. They had a pretty shoddy reputation a couple of years ago and basically pulled out. My LHS owner was reluctant to order me the first KYOSHO I got a couple of months back. He went to lengths to explain all the problems they caused him with their line and he wasn't wanting to mess with them again. If this one is any indication of their effort to win back some market share, it's a good omen. I'm gonna recommend them. This one is definitely not anything like the previous stuff. And the price is in line with some of the knockoffs everyone describes as, "you get what you pay for". With this ARF, you really do.