This was a great kit. It was super easy to build. Unlike all the other kits I've built i got to enjoy the building aspect at once. It CAN be assembled fully then painted but somethings are hard to get to. So learn from my mistakes and paint the bottom of the decks and the supports before putting them in. Even though its going to be a bit of a pain to paint now i still had fun building it and even did it in one sitting. I plan on buying more for a diorama and i will learn to not assemble all of it before painting