So why the Fuss? If you buy one of the Graupner "Premium" models of the Bismark, Hood and co, they will cost you over a Grand, and you have an out of the box model, which doesn't have the satisfaction of building her yourself, and adding extra detailing etc, just something assembled by some young lady or man sitting at a bench in China, getting a Peanut wage, and earning profits for the Middlemen.Mind you, you will have to charge the batteries and switch it on, so I suppose it isn't Ready to Run.