I am making the little FW 190 kit shown in this thread
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1094760
Because this is my first build I did find the plans and instructions most intimidating. Luckily my friend is mentoring me through the build and we are building this simple little plane at his house. There would also have been huge delays in the build due to me not having some of the common sense and necessary tools - again luckily my friend had everything I needed

Hopefully by the end of this simple build I will be in a much better position to get started with my....
Puppeteer - I think it IS the Pup that I will go with

I'm getting excited thinking about all of the scale details I might be able to add!
Thanks,
Dub