Thanks a ton for the info guys. This US 60 is sounding better and better all the time.

Now as far as specifics, last night I briefly looked through the manual for the US 60 build and it does look intensive. Not the sanding part actually (which I'm now not really dreading) but rather how long this might take! lol. From Alex's responses and what people have said on the other threads there seems to be a huge discrepancy in build times! I mean I realize some people are faster and less picky when building, but some are saying 30-40 hours while some are saying 8-10 months of 10 hours a week. That's 400 hours!!!!

If this really is a 200+ hour build, I'm not sure I even want to attempt it. I know I'm naieve on the building time as this will be my first one, but what kind of time did this kit take you guys to build? I'm pretty picky and would likely be working on it 3-4 evenings a week for 2-3 hours or so.



Also, I know Alex you mentioned the 4* seemed to build slower than the US 60. Do you think its because it was your first? Or do you think even now it would still take longer to build? I'm just wondering because it seems some people throw those 4* kits together in a matter of days on here!