Not just me then Neil. I have a rule with anything new, not just car kits but electronics etc too.
When I buy them first thing I do is open the box, dig out the instructions (and shell if it's a car kit) then take everything else to my mother's who I only see once a week or so .... if I want to enjoy anything about my new purchase all I have available is reading the instructions ... usually several times.
By the time I get the item back I feel like I have known it for a long time and strangely I never seem to have any 'odd issues' with my stuff.
Actually with the model car kits I go a step further and when I get the kit back in my hands I take out the diff and shock bags (usually the most important things to spend time on) and leave the rest at work under my desk so on the first night I can only do the performance critical components.
Works a treat but takes a while .... I actually bought my RB5-SP2 before Xmas and so far still have only built the shocks (then again I have been working 75+ hours a week and trying to prep a house for sale too!)
Some people used to take the mick that it took me circa 50 hours to fully prep and build a Pred ... but I always laughed when their XX4/CAT/Yokomo fell to pieces AGAIN at a meeting when my "fragile" car hadn't been touched for months
Thankfully that sort of thing is in the past with Kyosho's fantastic quality!