Tyson, first a big welcome and second, a few comments to add to what you've already been told.
The one in your picture isn't really a les paul - normally a LP is solid body (that is either chambered or possibly whats called "semi hollow body (like an ES-175). Not that that is bad, its just not a Lester. I went to the GTS web site and they do have a true solid body LP style guitar. You can also view their instructions on line.
As far as the quality of the kit - that is pretty hard to say without looking at it - the important things are that the neck fits the body correctly and at the proper angle - that is called a 'set neck" which means that it is glued to the body at the correct angle for the strings at the bridge. The instructions are pretty poor - it just says "glue the neck in and apply some clamps" without really telling you a lot about the angle.
Here is another option - this was on the kit subforum a short time ago. The builder is in the UK but its pretty easy to have stuff shipped to the US or Canada (I have bought kit amps from the UK)
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As far as finishing - I think the three hardest parts of building a guitar (including a kit ) is setting the neck angle, doing binding (the plastic trim around the edge, probably already done for you) and finishing. Home finishing will never be as good as a professional job and each of us struggles with how to do it with limited facilities. Adding the shading, staining and 'bursting in your example is very hard to get right but it is possible. Obviously your pictures are two different guitar finished in slightly different fashion but I am going to guess that the top one had a black stain applied directly to the wood and then sanded back - that highlights the figure. Probably a coat of shellac or thin lacquer to seal and help adhesion, then the 'burst was probably spray with tinted lacquer, followed by clear to give the gloss. I get acceptable results using a small gravity feed HPLV spray gun with a home sized compressor with either nitrocellulose or what is called "water born" lacquer. Nitro is dangerous, explosive, toxic and other bad things but gives the best finish and is relatively easy for a newbee to work with. Water born is almost as good and much safer.
A couple more things about the finish - the plastic binding in your pictures is masked (tricky) and/or scraped (also tricky) after the color has been applied. The picture of the kit looks like it has binding but its hard to tell - the fretboard is certainly bound. It looks like the peg head has not been shaped - you will need a band saw, saber saw or something to do that.
Last comment - a kit that sells for $150 is not going to have very good hardware or electronics (its possible to spend that much for a couple of pups alone). My suggestion, if you want to go ahead with this is buy the kit, assemble it and do your finish. Install the hardware provided and see if its playable and if you are satisfied. You can always change pickups, bridges, tuners if you want to upgrade later.
Good luck, keep us posted
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