Hi Guys,

To start, thankyou for taking the time to read and to help me as I am completely lost...
I am looking at getting into building and flying park flyers. I am definately more interested in the Guillow or Dave Cowells Models as I like the idea of having to build it myself. However, considering that this will be quite an lengthy process for my first time I was wondering if there were any veterans out there that could offer advise (components, best body shapes, sizes, tricks of the trade). I really don't like the idea of spending months building something and then finding that the weight distribution is wrong or my prop isn't strong enough. I think that My biggest issue at the moment is finding the right Body shape. I need one big enough to fit the components required and with the right wing configuration for simplicity.
By the way, to clarify I'm looking for a balsawood parkflyer to convert to electric RC for controlled flight.

So far I've been looking at the:
Guillow Thomas M. Scout
Guillow Spitfire
DCPFokker D VII
DCPAW001

Thankyou again for your help