Heres my experience with my first kit build...
Total cost of build so far not including build materials,,, because those will be used over again.. hopefully ..

Kit HOB P-51 .20 43" $55.00 Tower
Transmitter Tower Hobbies 4 Channel $28.00 Ebay
Receiver Hitec Mini 6 S $26.oo Tower
Crystal channel 42 $8.oo Tower
Rx batt Hitec 4cell 4.8 600 Mah $12.00 Tower
Servos 3 sg90 $18.00 Headsuprc
servos 1 sg5010 $7.00 Headsuprc
servos 1 ts 53 Free coupon Tower
servo ext 2-12" $5.20 Headsuprc
Engine OS 25F with prp,muff,tank $40.00 Rcgroups Seller.. Nice fella lmopar69
Engine mt Dave Brown .20-.25 $4.00 Tower
Misc hinges, screws, control horns $11.00 Tower

Total $214.20....

I meant for this to be a budget saver... I guess for a first build I'm doing all right...
What do Ya'll think???