I'll admit I've got a little experience with Spads, so it's no problem getting a combat plane done in two hours, or the DPS in 3 due to another channel and landing gear. First timers will spend more time figuring everything out, and then they're off and running. I've heard reports from 4-6 hours all the way up to 20 for first timers, but then the next few go much faster. As for the glue, I wish I could make a video of a wing build using CA, because it's always worked for us. At a club meeting Kraut built a Deb wing in 30 minutes while explaining everything. Adding the water mist, cure time for CA is about 5 seconds. Jason has had the same problem not getting CA to work. So did Sassy before she watched me build one, now she builds FNS wings in @ 20 minutes. I've tried my best to explain everything in detail in the instructions.