This hobby takes A LOT of patience.
If you're looking for instant gratification stick with the sim. These planes need constant maintence and attention.
This hobby is as much about about fiddling with the stuff as it is about flying thats half the fun if after 5 days you're ready to pack it in then you won't find this fun!!!
Also remember your defination of the way the Allen wrench fit the screw could be a result of either the wrong size wrench or a stripped screw head since a simple visual verification would tell you this it leads me to believe that you either have the wrong sized wrench or do not know what a stripped screw looks like both of these problems would have been readily apparent to an experienced modeler and a remedy would have been found. [8D]
RCU is great place to find info but some problems are more easily solved with hands on help...