Those who scratch build jets are gods.....
the rest of us are just...... assembling and installing stuff ...praying it will all work when its done.

Nothing like scratch building your own jet, the pride, the satisfaction
one gets when your fellow pilot and modeler compliments.......
YOUR WORK, YOUR PAINTWORK, YOUR COCKPIT WORK... not the cnc cut glassed work of some kid in china making 50cent/hr.

Modeling........ is the other half of the hobby that is slowly vanishing. Now we just buy the stuff, most of the time don't even take the time to paint it, then have the balls to call it........ ours.