Being relatively new to the hobby, I have no kit building experience at all. I've decided that this is something I'm going to try this winter, so I bought a Great Planes Rapture 40 kit to put together.

Before I tackled the Rapture 40, I thought it might be a good idea to practice a bit, so I also bought a Gillow's 600-series Build-by-Numbers Lancer kit. I thought it would be pretty simple to put together, since the box had phrases like "easy building" and "junior contest" on it. Putting it together has been an eye-opening experience!

How useful is it to put one of these free-flight kits together while trying to learn about kit building R/C planes? Will any of my experience with the Guillow's kit help me when I go to build the Rapture 40?

Just looking for some helpful advice and some additional useful practice before I start tearing into a larger project. Thanks!