Couple of thoughts
I just started mine last night. I don't have a ton of experience but this is my third kit build (SC10FT & T4.1FT). Being a 4x4, this is a more complex truck than a 2wd but the intructions are not as clear as the other two trucks (at least to me.)
I am impressed with how very solid this truck feels as it is going together.
I am using a Savox servo. Not at home & don't remember the model but it is a high torque/fairly high speed version. Needed to do some dremeling to get it to fit.
My biggest problem is that there is a TLR 22 sitting on my front porch right now which needs assembly as well. Think I'm gonna end up feeling like that one legged guy in the ***kicking contest.