RE: First Kit ideas/help
IMO the best kits are Sig kits because they are laser cut and fit snuggly, "just throw a bottle of glue into the box shake it and a built airplane will come out..."
and the instructions are clear even for a beginner builder and RC beginner, and at this forum you will find alot of sig kits threads.
from their line of products i'm sure you will find something.
i'm finishing the third kit from Sig.
Alex