I have brought this topic across from my layout thread as it seems the right place to put it bearing in mind that I may be asking for help later on.   Many years ago I built a couple of Ks kits but wasn't really impressed with the results ( probably my fault as my only other experience was Airfix kits) and as RTR improved so much it didn't seem worth it anymore. Now I want to add to the fleet with something that is not RTR and while conventional wisdom says start with something si