First I want to state that I consider my modeling skills in the novice-ameteur area. This kit started strong for me but ended in frustration. Upon opening the box, everything was packaged nicely with everything still attached to the sprue. The clear parts were nice and clear, and oddly the rest of the plastic was molding in black and some in white. The chrome was a major clean up effort. Attachment points, and flash on the chrome bits seemed heavy compared to the rest of the styrene.
Test fitting parts is always a good practice to get into when modeling. This kit was no exception. Had I not test fitting over and over, my copy of this kit would have not gone together. All the sub assemblies looked great when finished but even after test fitting in the beginning, it went down hill.
The instruction sheet was a little on the lacking side as there were some extra parts in the kit that I had no idea what they went to, some I did. This was frustrating to me, so I can only imagine a young model builder just starting out having a negative experience.
Pros of this kit are: Great decal sheet, extra parts.
Cons of this kit are: Lacking instruction sheet, Heavy attachment points on the chrome parts, Fitment of parts and subassemblies.
Overall, this kit was just, OK. You will need to have some modeling skills for this kit. I really had trouble with that window not fitting, all the chrome attachment points, the fitment at the end. It come out ok, but there were many times I had to walk away from it before it got worse. Hope this helps.
