jolson88,

Kit building can be a great reward. I have built 3 kits already (Trainer, Tiger60, Pete 'N Poke) and am still learning on my trainer. (Took some time off from flying, but could not stand not building). Just remember that alot of the treads for the 4* are written by people doing modifications. All are good options, but only concern yourself with the ones for structure issues, like to the fuse formers behind the wing, for your first build. Once you get comfortable with buiilding and understanding how to review the plans and see how some modifications will effect other components of the air frame then try some other mods. I to am fixing to start a 4*40 next week. If you have a question or concern, drop a message on RCU or click the email link for me and I'll see if I can help since we will probably be near the same stages in construction