Building The Waterfront by Bulders in Scale Pt.1

I have been working on The Waterfront for quite some time but only now I have some pictures to share. It has take me so long due to materials used and old style engineering and kit manufacturing. The kit is from pre-laser era, so I had to cut out openings for windows and doors. Most of them were marked but not all. I found out this after I painted and weathered the walls of the first structure. Therefore, while preparing the second I consulted the drawing to make sure I didn't leave any openings out. Unlike The Tidewater Wharf manual, The Waterfront manual doesn't have little tables with a list of all stripwood pieces with their dimensions and what they are used for. Therefore, I spent a little more time sorting all pre-cut stripwood pieces. I figure, it must have been very labor intensive job to produce such kits. Imagine cutting all that stripwood to size. Most of the time that doesn't even help modeler. The ends aren't cleanly cut. The pieces are longer than needed, so they have to be trimmed anyway. Why can't manual simply say "You need so many inches of n by m for this purpose"? If it is to be used for trim, then you go and paint it. If it is for unpainted shed, then you stain it. And it shouldn't be buried in the text. There should be material list section before every major step. That would be a real time saver. Any kit manufacturers reading this post? Some may argue it would take fun away. Well... If I want to exercise my brain, I can get a jig saw puzzle. When I am building a model I want to relax. There is nothing more frustrating than finding out that I have missed a one inch piece of wood and I have to set project aside until I am done preparing, painting, weathering it.