I've had similar experience (though with a personal custom build). Just finding the least noisy ans harmonic spot to mount a reverb tank can be a real PITA. But being as this is a "kit" I would have expected someone to have worked that out and provide spec'd parts and instruction. I already think it's pathetic that I have to buy two or three reverb pans whenever I build a reverb amp. If I had to do the same for supposedly functional kit design I'd be pretty well pissed off.
In my experience the kits use a one-size-fits-all approach to reverb tanks - a flat mount, open side down, long decay. Does it work? Sure. Is it optimal? Not always.
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