What you say is quite true, but there is a "dark side" to scratch and kit building too. Sometimes it is difficult for me to fully enjoy flying those planes, because so much of my valuable TIME is invested in them. Many times the only way around it for me is to just hang them up and let them look pretty, and after a while, I tend to forget all the effort that went into them. Then I can fly them with less trepidation.

While I do love building planes, the ARF craze has been really good for me. It allows me to fly beautiful planes that I just never would have time to build, and my creative juices get used on engines. I love engines, and as you've just proved, it is nearly impossible to destroy them completely!

It's a bummer though, how much the ARF prices have gone up. Great Planes for example, just came out with a Giant, Giant Stik. I would love to get one and convert it into a low winger, but at 500 bucks for the plane, that just ain't gonna happen!

I will send you a PM right now.

AV8TOR