ORIGINAL: dubcat
I read the Legionaire instructions are just a bunch of esoteric text and can be quite hard to follow.
They are a bloody nightmare! I had my son (who's a non-modeler) read them and he said that while he understood most of the words, it was all complete nonsense to him.
The Pup "instructions" on the other hand, have moved into the 21st century were kits are sold all over the world to builders speaking dozens of different languages. Thus, there is almost no language at ALL on the Pup "construction sheets." And, really, none are needed. The very nice isometric drawings making the steps in the construction very, very clear.
The Pup is probably Flairs most "mature" kit in that it has gone through several revisions and everything pretty much fits just like it's supposed to. The Legionnaire looks like it was designed once in the early 1980's and forgotten. And frankly, I've never had such a hard time flying any model. Take-offs were a Holy Terror.
Please remember I'm extremely impractical and so unlike many of you I will be completely dependant on instructions that are clear, accurate, and easy to follow. I have no ability to think outside of the box when it comes to these things (yet), something I hope to improve with experience.
One HUGE advantage of going with the Pup is that you can read about all the solutions to all the problems on that RCU build thread. And if you have any problems yourself, all you have to do is let us know and you'll have help galore 24/7. I'm not sure I could even build a model without RCU!