I bought this kit before Christmas for a relative, hoping it might spark an interest in modeling. After Christmas the kit was unfinished as he didn't seem to have the expertise to build it. I took it home and discovered how difficult this kit would be for a beginner. I had to use a small wooden mallet to hammer together the joints of the legs. The instructions were certainly not crystal either.
I have to wonder why Revell makes snap-tite kits geared towards kids when it takes a more experienced modeler to build them?
The kit is finished now, and it looks pretty good and stands on its own legs without problem. But why produce a pre-painted snap-tighter that is over the head of a younger modeler when they could produce a made-for-cement kit that you paint and weather yourself, and can be made far more realistic-looking?
~Dave