JU87G-1 Stuka Tank Buster

This is the second 1/72 scale ACADEMY aircraft model I completed in the last couple months. My previous one was the P51D Down for Double aircraft. OBSERVATIONS: (1) The parts for the model were very easy to peel off of the sprues; whatever excess plastic that was still on a part could be deleted with little or no trouble. (2) I had little or no trouble assembling the model together. The parts (with one possible noteworthy exception, to be mentioned shortly) fit together quite nicely. (3) Using just acrylic paints from bottles and paintbrush, a good modeler (unlike me I sense, if the three pics I submitted on this HOBBYLINC website serve as an indicator) should have little problem with achieving a nice finish from the painting perspective. (4) Just like in my previous P51D model, the decals in this kit were pretty thick. Overall I actually had little trouble placing them on the model, but the thickness of the decals stood out. The only challenging decals were the ones that went on the leading edges of the wings; and all those itty-bitty ones that, in hindsite, I probably should not have even bothered to deal with. (5) Also just like in my previous model, the level of detail on this aircraft appears to be quite impressive for a 1/72 scale kit. (6) Late in the assembling of this model, I noticed that the wing assembly was tilted approximately 5-10 degrees to starboard relative to a straight and level fuselage. I initially (reasonably) assumed that I did not attach the wing assembly to the fuselage correctly, but upon further inspection I concluded that the bottom single piece of the three-piece wing assembly was actually warped, with the starboard gull-wing section more bent downward, relative to the center base section of the piece, than was the port gull-wing (sorry for the nautical terms here). FINAL ASSESSMENT: Flawed (?) wing piece aside, I found this model truly challenging and yet rewarding in the end. In my opinion, it should be treated as a labor of love (especially when doing the wacky paint scheme on it) and not something to be rushed: it would be worth the extra time spent. I give this kit four stars out of five, instead of a full five stars, primarily due to the wing assembly issue.