CARDEN or most other GIANT SCALE kits are not really for a ROOKIE BUILDER. The instruction manuals are only a basic guide...meaning you should have some building skills and know how. CARDEN manual are more instructional than some, but less instructional than others. All in all though, any good builder can build a plane just from the plans.

So you want to know where to start?...............

Leave everything in the boxes, read the manual and STUDY the plans and then get all of the materials out to figure out what is what. Group the parts so that once you do start building, you use one group of parts at a time until that group is all used up. Before you build, some people like to identify the parts in the box with the parts on the plans (numbering or lettering system of some sort.) Once you think you have all of this figured out, make a PLAN OF ACTION. Write down the sequence in which you plan to build the plane. Do one part at a time such as FUSE TRUSS RIGHT SIDE and the FUSE TRUSS LEFT SIDE, then FUSE TRUSS SHEETING RIGHT SIDE and the LEFT SIDE. Simply put, take your time, measure 2 to 200 times and then cut, carve and glue. CARDEN kits are the best. If you take your time and build straight, you will have an excellent plane.