[QUOTE=Hydro Junkie;12199979][QUOTE=Nichismo;12199948]^^^

I second that, and I gaurantee you 95% of anyone whose even remotely been up to speed with sport and scale hydroplane building/racing the past few years will as well.the percentages I was referring to was in regards to people whom I believe would also recommend Mikes kits to the individual that started this thread. In all honesty, the 5% to me was to represent the people who, for whatever reason, are simply unaware of MLboatworks.

I completely understand why you prefer to build from scratch (I assume you mean scratch, rather than "plans" as pretty much anyone who gets a kit from Mike will more than likely still purchase some of the corresponding Newton sheets) and as a matter of fact, among the large achive of pictures I have saved of peoples builds that I refer to for info and inspiration, the 100% scratch built ones are the ones I find most interesting and intriguing. Usually these ones possess features and qualities that are unique and entirely exclusive, as these things were probably the reason why scratching was chosen from the start. Not to mention when it comes to scale hydros, a few that come to my mind right away are THE most scale accurate boats ive ever seen......

But thats all for extremely experienced builders and takes a huge amount of time and patience, and isn't really relevant here for the OP. Its not just the fact that Mike makes outstanding kits, its that hes the only viable option for such! I mean clearly the man doesn't want a Dumas kit and it probably didn't take much research at all for him to figure that out, and thats AFTER seeing the 300$ price tag which is nearly double what the frame kit alone from Mike costs. I mean unless you would prefer to recommend he purchase a glass hull, there really is no sense in any other direction he could possibly go.