I'm still working on mine- but I will continue to add my pictures with narrative. As you can see, I have been impressed withteh CMPro kits. Everything is bagged and nothing loose inside the box. The balsa wood is of good quality and I have had no issues with it. The retracts are pre-installed, the only thing is the small 55mm (basically 2.25 inch) main wheels. The nose gear is unique in that it self centes itself when retracted. The nose gear is a pull-pull, I see how that works out. As opposed to the H9 T-34, all linkages are outside the fuse. I went to my LHS this afternoon to pick up new rods (2-58 and 4-40s) to use, but to my dismay, the 2-58 is too large for the installed push rod tubes. The 4-40 is being used on the retracts instead of hte supplied wire (which is way to thin IMO to use for retracts. More pics as I download them from the camera.