As I'm currently building this kit I can't resist commenting, though my
comments will probably be similar to what most other modellers will
tell you about it.
If you enjoy scratchbuilding detail parts (like I do) and aren't too
bothered by the inaccurate hull shape (which is hard to fix short of
scratchbuilding a new one, in which case you might as well build the
whole ship from scratch), then this kit is a highly affordable way to
build a large-scale model of a WW2 destroyer.
If you don't like scratchbuilding then don't touch this kit with a very
long barge-pole; with the amount it will cost for photo-etch parts,
replacement armament, etc., you could buy the Deans Marine 1/96 or ISW
resin 1/192 kit, both of which are vastly superior. And even then there
are many parts of the Lindberg kit which can't really be fixed other
than with scratchbuilding, such as the over-thick shields on the AA gun
mounts and the totally inaccurate superstructure sidewall detail.
As other people have said, though, for a cheap starter R/C warship it's
fine, even built "out of the box"; from a distance it looks just like a
Fletcher, the problem is when you look at it up close :D
Possibly the best choice for an injection-moulded, large-scale kit of a
WW2 warship is the Revell/Matchbox 1/72 Flower-class corvette (I built
this one earlier this year) Whilst this also needs a lot of extra
detail (either scratch, AM or both) to produce a decent end result, the
basic shapes of the parts are all correct.
Trumpeter also produce a wide range of Chinese destroyers and frigates
(some of which are ex-Soviet types) in 1/200 scale. These aren't up to
Tamiya quality standards, and are all post-war subjects, but they're
affordable and are a lot better than the Lindberg Fletcher in terms of
detail in accuracy.