ORIGINAL: w8ye
Build it by the numbers and don't get carried away with a bunch of modifications or you will never get it finished.
The LT 40 was my first plane when I started back into R/C many years ago. I still have that plane. I think it is a great one.
Jim
I second this... I have a LT40 I built. Build it by the numbers. And you'll be OK.
Ken has an excellent build thread on the LT40. Read it through. If you're using the older 72 MHz radio, follow his thread and build in the antenna tube. If you're using the new 2.4GHz radio, you won't need it. But the antenna tube is easier to put in while building.
Good Luck, and welcome to a lot of fun, frustration, and balsa dust!