I recently bought a NIB Tamiya Stadium Thunder kit (#58181) and am slowly putting it together. I decided to take pics during the process, and to create this thread so interested readers can follow along.

I'll try to add witty commentary as well.

So....on with it! Here is the first pic I took, of the nice shiny, shrink-wrapped box (well, the pic is of 2 of them...but you see what I mean). Oh, the joy of a new purchase!