acerc, I hear ya !

Those of us that have scratch built and/or kit built are annoyed at the term 'building an ARF' for valid reasons. It is not the same, even if its just a play on words. If you have never built from a kit or scratch, you will never understand, period. Thus, the debate/argument will never come to reason. Those that only ever have bought an ARF will continue to defend that they BUILT that ARF as a matter of pride or principle, and us that have BUILT kits or from scratch will always defend that being the only true definition of BUILDING. Who is correct? US Kit Builders of course!
This is one of those topics where we really can only agree to disagree. Those of us that build in the true sense will just have to suck it up, and let the ARF 'builders' believe what they want about whatever definition they choose to use to describe completing the airplane.. There is plenty of room for all of us at the field, no matter how we describe the way the plane was 'put together'.
Craftsmanship... I bet there is a lot of difference of opinion to that word these days too, huh?