Some kit manufactures clearly have a gift for writing instructions and I really don't think it's an easy as it looks - producing drawings and writing clear and concise English are skills in their own right after all, let alone designing a complicated kit. Adding in some dry humor at times is an added bonus.
So credit where credit is due:
Grade A+, top marks awarded to High Level Kits & Rumney Models whose instructions are second to none in my opinion. Clear diagrams and lots of photographs and details.
Grade B Highly commended marks to Backwoods Miniatures, Martin Finney & Malcolm Mitchell.
Grade B- Could try harder to Brassmasters, who produce some really excellent kits but the complexity of some elements of the kits could benefit from some more detailed drawings at times. Their instructions can be wordy (apparently, a picture paints a thousand words) but perhaps that is all part of the fun, testing the builder? However, the prototype notes included are simply superb and most helpful, a real bonus (reflecting the amount of research the BM team do when designing their kits?). To be fair, their 4F kit does include a lot of 3D drawings in place of the text and the supplied CDs with photographs are very helpful..
It's all part of the fun at times.
Alastair