pretty soon the ARF's which everyone is buying will kill modeling as we know it forever, and the good ol American Distributor will be overjoyed as he jacks up the prices too.........why?.because he can and it's the American way.
anyone who buys an ARF has themselves to blame.............it's not just the economy, it's the unloyal American who did this[:@]

for us who have been building for the past 20-30-40 years, it's no real BIG issue not to have kits..........but for the newbies who want to build a model, it will be a lost art to which there will be no repair.
their only hope is to purchase a kit from ebarf for 3 times it's worth.
our club is what my friends call ARF Inernational, and quite frankly it shows.
i recently built and covered a model and had an Old Timer come up and stroke it saying, "my god, they really do nice work on these don't they?".................i just looked at him, he read the look, then said, "oops"