The box took a major hit during its journey from Poland (Super-Hobby). The interior box did its job and prevented a lot of damage. The headlight cage lost one bar and the drive sprockets had a couple of bent teeth. I was impressed.
I started with the flat-pack hull. The first step is to glue the hull sides to the bottom... It is a very long seam and if you have four hands you might be able to brace it and hold it while it sets up. I could not. So I attached the rear hull plate first which was a nice sturdy joint.
The next day I prepped the sides and engine deck first. I got things lined up using the hull rear plate. I only glued the rear half of the hull sides to the bottom and the engine deck. At this time I also attached the front lower hull plate.
I like to get the basic vehicle assembled before festooning the sub-assemblies with all the little bits that would get knocked into obliviation if I tried to assemble the way the instructions recommend. (Was that sentence too long?)