I got my last shipment today as well. Some thoughts...
I'm still miffed by the paint job, or rather lack thereof. There's even a shot in one of the included magazines of the "finished" Falcon: looks like the out-of-the-box Hasbro with lighting, just all plastic-y looking and bland. That DeAgostini 1) used UK and USA customers as guinea pigs and then shipped correct parts to other countries without then replacing those pieces for their original subscribers, and 2) "fixed" the cockpit by not fixing it, just adds salt to the wound. I don't see me buying another DeAgostini product, unless it's finished and I can see what I'd purchasing. But that's me.
The included reference posters are worthless: too dark to see anything. Luckily, those of us on here have a good network for great reference. I'm not sure how others who don't have that "brotherhood" are going to fare. I feel bad for the stereo-typical "Dad and his son" that planned on building it together, with Dad now realizing the amount of work that's going to have to go into this thing to even make it look remotely decent is going up along with the amount of cash he has to shell out... each subscriber has already spent a ton of money on this thing... now add to that more money for paints (and if you want accurate after-market parts, then it's even more), and then add more time for research... and you wind up with something that truly costs a lot. And I just don't know if it's worth it.
The "wall mount" does make a lovely door stop though.
Anyways, not b!tch!ng about anything new here... I know it's been debated already both here and on the DeAgostini forum. The "final" package (as I doubt they'll release any fixes or the missing parts), just brought all this to a conclusion in my mind, and I'm not feeling real good about it. I'm sure I'll change my feelings once I get this thing built and looking like THE Falcon. But that's a ways away.
Sorry to be a Negative Nancy. Back to your regularly scheduled Prop Thread, already in progress.
Thanks,
Chris