Thanks Phil...to be honest, it's been the easiest boat I've ever assembled (apart from opening the flood holes in the deck, I had to ask Chris to do those for me, my hands and fingers just wouldn't let me do them) but apart from that, the whole build took me about a fortnight, inbetween 'bad hand' downtime.
I didn't rush the build, just did a hour or so here and there, and enjoyed it...the way the kit is made it more or less falls together. I think the fitting out of the module took longer than the rest of the boat did, and most of that was making the cam that operates the ballast tank valve.
Expensive...well, yes it was. Including the new FC-16 radio I bought for it, plus the other odds and bits (leveller/esc/ball raced servo/the prop/etc/), I guess I've over a grand invested in it, but I paid for it out of my insurance claim winnings against my former employers, so it didn't really hurt that much. It was going to be my last sub, but that failed...I've another one waiting in the wings!
Rich