This made it hard for decals to go on correctly. The main canopy doesn't fit right to begin with either. I wouldn't strongly recommend this kit, but I'm not against it either. Make your own choice. The architecure of this kit is superb.
Some pieces fit so well that where they conneced looked more like a panel line than a seam.
With the exception of the main fuselage this is almost a putty free model. The instructions are good and the kit includes directions and decals for four different styles of Mustangs. I folled directions for an early model mostly bare metal mustang, you can see it in the Gallery section of my page. It has lots of decals, and comes with two canopies. And basically, it has no strengths.