Your just spoiled!!! Not that there is anything wrong with that, I love the instructions I get with Sig or GP with the photos to follow along during the steps in the build. Sometimes it's just more fun to not have to do all that thinking stuff during a build.
What you have now is an old school kit not designed for new builders. Ihave built kits that had there instructions printed on news print. The last Extra 260 Ibuilt from a very old Texas Twins kit was just printed on bond paper, about three pages and it was up to me to know what all the parts looked like and were called. Mounting the tail feathers was a real thrill and loaded with way too much thinking!!
The Kaos won the Nats in 1970 and twice more, Ithink it was 71 and 72?? Rain Dave or some of the guys on the classic pattern forum would remember that better tehn me.
By the time a pilot got to the point of being able to handle a pattern plane he had some pretty good building skills at that point, there were no ARFs so if you wanted to fly you needed to build.
Iremember having to assemble the wing halves together upside down on the Kaos for some reason?? Been a long while sense I built one.
Anyway, during your build don't be afraid to ask the classic guys, Ithink Dave can put one of these planes together while he is asleep and dreaming. There were several little tricks you could do during the build. Mine were all tail draggers, the one I am still flying had spring air retracks in it for a number of years. Istill have the gear and keep thinking about how much fun they were. Maybe on my next classic build?? Ihave another set of plans from a Bridi but Ihave a couple of small classics in the hanger already, can't keep bulding the same type of planes.