RE: How are ARF's made?
Truly interesting how all of the ARF's that exist today are compiled and lumped into one category. Wood selection is a key choice for us at Horizon, and we work very hard to ensure that the standards are maintained. There are more companies building models in China than you can imagine, we only use those that have served us and our customers well over the years.
Use of a houshold iron is much faster than a "monokote" iron, they hold the heat much, much better. This of course equals a much faster job on the assembly line. Hot glue as mentioned above is not used in any Horizon Hobby product. Glues of choice mainly for us are alphatic resin glues and some CA. CA is very, very expensive in China and is only used in certain areas.
Interesting how you thnk a video would help educate our customer base. Something to think about on our side.