I think you guys are also forgetting that its not just building skills that are going away, I worked at a Autozone for a little bit when I was younger, and I couldn't belive how many MEN could not even install there own batterys or tail lights, these hands on skills are slowly going away.

For me its Fear that has kept me away from kit building,

Im trying, I have been flying 4 years now, and every year I try to take on something that is closer to being a kit vs bashing a ARF.

My biggest bash was makeing a Byron F16 into a turbine modle, fiberglass and all, I even made my own fiberglass fuel cells.

I just got a fiberglass PST old non panelined fuze for the Ziorli Panther, Im getting the parts togeather for. But its the Fear, of speending all this time and what feels like extra money on somthing that may not work, So becouse of these fears I find my self over building / Modfing ARFs.

But this Panther will be my first kit, I would also love to stick build a BalsaUSA gaint Ablatross, but its my lack of building skills has me scared of messing it up.

Some of you master builders need to reach out to the younger guys at your feild and try to help them get the skills and confandce in building, Heck the Great (to Me) Mike Barbee who is going to TopGun this year with his be WildCat has taught me more than I have ever learned from this site and youtube.

Also that brings up another good point, if you are going to stick build, try to make short vids and put them on youtube, you would be supprized how much peaple like me are looking around for vids on how to stick build a project, as we have becoume more visual....