For me, this is my second Giles due to a wing failure and yes, Great Planes did replace, so I have assembled two of these and helped son on his. All three went together very easily - no modifications needed. Ours were later models after early production runs. I read the comments on other threads about incidence problems, etc. Never had any problem with ours.

The canopy is a bit flimsy and can be challenging to cut out. It will crack easily if you don't cut straight and bind it somehow when cutting. Likewise, placing small pieces of ply wood, inside the fuselage, behind the cowling, for the cowling mounting screws to bite into were difficult to get in position. Not much room for fingers and in a tight area. Be sure to do this before you put the fuel tank in. Even then it's tight.

I read your post on a few other threads and someone mentioned to you to be careful with this airplane. I wouldn't tell you to be afraid of it, but as the other person said, this is not a cub. In some ways I think a cub can be more difficult to take off and land than the Giles. Especially with wind. I see guys all the time putting cubs in the fence. The Giles is fast and powerful with the 160 compared to flying the cub. So yes, be careful. Frankly I like flying the Giles much more than a cub. This is a totally different airplane. I'ts an acrobatic airplane designed for acrobatics. The cub is slow and more designed for scale flight, unless you get a clipped wing version with more power. standard

Like I said, it would really help you to use a simulator to better understand this airplane. If you don't have access to one, make sure you then will have someone with experience there with you for the first flights.