My Shoestring went together pretty easily, although I would get a roll or trim sheet of cub yellow to go under the numbers and maybe around the canopy, because the back part of the canopy & the tape that they ask you to buy is a diffent shade of yellow than the fuselage. Also get some longer 2-56 bolts for the aileron horns ( or different horns ). I have a Magnum 61 with a Pitts in mine, but haven't had it in the air just yet.