The kit is pretty much straight out of the box -Built in five days (this must be some sort of record for me). I did not even modify the guns. I did add internal lighting using Don Matthys' clear resin parts, and a set of 20 randomly flashing LEDs. These, which make the thrusters appear to be firing, were bought at the local Michael's craft store. The paint scheme reflects a classic Star Trek design with the red pennants. The United Federation of Planets decal was created for me by Thomas Sasser. While building the kit, I used information from various websites including Thomas Models' Starfury Page, John Lester's Build a Better 'Fury, and Jay Chladek's JMC Enterprises.