I've got the kit, but I don't dare build it as my first ship. The printing is top notch, and the level of detail is just about as much as I can handle.
One thing that particularly impressed me is the unique engineering of the main hull structure. Unlike most JSC kits, United States has a waterline plate, to which you glue the frames. However, the clever bit is a triangular beam, running almost the entire length of the hull, through the middle of nearly every frame. There are also shear clamps that connect the upper corners of the frames, and provide a large gluing surcace for the edges of the deck and sides.
All in all, if I were ever to design a ship model, this is the sort of structure I'd give it.