I've seen the covering issues on ones other people have.

On the Smoothie I've got, the leadout ends are just crimped. I plan on doing wrapped ends when I get around to slapping it together. The motor mounts aren't maple either look like some less dense species of mahogany. The covering job is full of bubbles which is common on a lot of ARF's.

Brodak should send the Chinese a shipment of real maple for the mounts and demand they use it.