Gary,

I just finished the assembly of my first kit, but after messing around with covering, I decided to sub that part out. It was a Burrito profile and fairly simple, but I enjoyed the assembly very much. It took me about the same amount of time to get it to the Ready To Cover stage that assemblying an ARF takes. It was very gratifying but of course when I get it back from the friend that is covering it for me, I'll have an ARF.

You might want to try a profile kit, I recommend a Swany Model Product (www.swanyshouse.com) - it doesn't really take that much time - and if I can do it, anyone can.

jon