Hey Steve , Looks like you and I are the only people not having problems with are Mentors. I agree with you about the fiberglass cowl, it looks like it came from another aircraft. I got a buddy who does special effects for movies etc. He said he can easily make me a new (accurate,scale, and better fitting)cowl. I'm hoping it will pass for semi-scale(ha ha) In all fairness, These planes are not meant for IMAC, they're just semi-scale warbird arf's . Until I have a problem with QUALITY CONTROL, I have no rservations about purchasing another Vmar product. In fact , the new TexanII is going to be available from VMAR and I've heard that they are going to have a NAVY scheme. I f I get one ,good or bad , I'm going to post results to share with all the doubters. Jeff