Thanks for the overwhelmingly helpful replies. I contacted SIG and they said the plans were available, and they emailed me a PDF of the instruction manual for the kit. The part number for the kit plans is SIGKP246 in case anyone is interested. They also said the balsa sheets for the tail were also available, but did not provide a part number for that however.

I am a big supporter of the local hobby shop thing because I think it is important to the hobby to have knowledgeable people available for those who have questions about getting started in this hobby. There's only so much a Tower Hobbies catalog can provide in terms of guiding a newbie in what to buy and how to learn. It's cheaper, but I am willing to pay the extra money to keep the local hobby shop in business. Local to me is a very nice HobbyTown USA store that is less than 2 miles from my house. I made the mistake of confusing "Hobby Lobby International" with the nation-wide mega-chain "Hobby-Lobby." I went to the local craft-store Hobby-Lobby and kept wondering if there was some hidden room somewhere with the RC kits. After a while I figured out my mistake. I walked out with a Guillow's kit to satisfy my need to spend some money.

Thanks again.