if you take your time and do things right, the kit isn't real hard to build, you can do it in less than a week after work or school or whatever.. some of the pieces are a bit small so you'll want to do it in a work area instead of on the couch or kitchen table..

this truck in my opinion is a very durable truck.. very few things have broke on mine, and none of them were without me using a tree to help break them...

fuel? hmmm, I run either O'donnels or Blue Thunder, I'm sure this will be like the ford vs. chevy debate, everyone does different fuel for different reasons..

let me think about my build some tonight and I'll try to get you a bit of a better response on building tips.. I just kind of looked at things when they went together and modified if needed...