Tom,
I want to echo the other thoughts here. Minnflyer (as usual) makes great points.

I'd say, if you have any woodworking or mechanical aptitude, you won't find building a kit difficult. Time consuming, but not difficult.

The only other advise I'd offer is this; if you can't follow written directions, you don't want to buy a kit. The worst thing you can do is jump around in the building sequence (at least until you've done a few).
Dennis-