There are kits with everything laser cut and 30 page assembly instructions that are more like building a plastic car.  Then there are die cut kits with a set of plands and instructions that start off with "After build the wing, lay the left and right fuselage sides on the plans".  No how to build the wings, just "after".  And various levels in between.  But even kits give you the building experience to do the scratch repairs where you have to cut your own parts according to the plans, and sometimes the plans don't even show enough.  I am building an old Champion kit and lost a ply bulkhead that I need to replace.  But all I have is a side and top view and the buldheads on both side as guides.  So now is the time to replenish my lost set of Dremel tools

The only problem with building is time.  But the satisfaction of having the first flight trim out with only one or two clicks is priceless.  I just wish my basement wasn't so cold [&:]