There's a pic of my RC8Be. I thought that the build went VERY smoothly...and that's coming from a guy who's NEVER built a KIT RC before. Sure I made a few mistakes and had to redo a step or two. But I learned a LOT that I wouldn't have had I decided to go with an RTR.

It drives like a DREAM and immediately made me feel like a HERO!

My gear-

MMM w/ Castle/Neu 1512 1.5y (1800kv)
CC BEC
HiTec HS7950
Airtronics 92744 RX

Gearing is currently 20/46

I'm running 2- Tenergy 5200Mah 2S 25C Lipos in series (4S)

I'm pretty much running the stock setup with a few changes. I've switched to Ghea 3059 8x1.3mm tapered shock pistons and I've switched to Losi 32.5 oil all the way around. So far...so good!