Steven, I'm surprised you had this trouble, I thought mine was easy. With my plane all the hardware came in separate bags for each step. All the screws for the landing gear/pants/axles were in one bag, tail group in another, tail wheel assembly in another, etc. In two evenings I was ready for flight, and that was 50 flights ago on mine and even more on the one my son flies. Your gonna love the way it flies, it's one of my favorite planes.