maybe so, I don't go around checking dropouts... LOL, but my tarmac definitely has metal face on the NDS dropout...
Doesn't hurt to contact Scott, send them the pics and issue, and see what they come back with... especially the large extra space within the dropout. Are they that forward thinking to allow for a crappy wheel build?
TA droputs are one thing, but where there's a hard clamping effort on the resin face, I wouldn't be so happy. Myself, I will check future QR bikes/frames when/if I look for a buy...
Course it's doubtful that I'd get another rim brake bike, since I already have a boatload that will last to end of days...
Ride On
Yuri