GTac,
Please listen to us. Forget the Arrow or anything else until you know what you're doing! While the Arrow MAY be a good trainer, you really don't know if it's going to be what you want yet. HAVE PATIENCE.

By the way, a RTF plane will take about 8 to 10 hours to assemble, an ARF will take anywhere from 15 to 40 hours depending on your skill level, a kit like that Sig J3 would probably take someone without experience anywhere from 150 to 250 hours to finish and get it air worthy. (Some kits could take much longer for a newbie.)

Go to the field, watch planes fly, look at trainers, ask questions!

If you do decide to just jump in, don't say we didn't warn you. [&o]
Dennis-