^^ Good points. That "instant gratification thing" put a damper on this hobby, more than anything else did, in my opinion.

If enough of us stay active in traditional r/c modeling - building kits, using glow engines, etc., then I think we can keep it alive. It will never thrive again, but maybe we can kinda keep it alive, even if just a little bit.

I have other hobbies that currently take up more of my time, and an OV-10 has been on my bench since forever, and still has a ways to go, but at least I am trying to somewhat do my part to help keep the hobby alive. I do truly love building kits and flying, and want to keep doing it for another 20-30 years.

But unfortunately, I just don't see many, if any, new glow-powered kits coming out in the future. And other than possibly a Kougar and Smith Miniplane, I have already built all of the Sig kits I would care to have, and BUSA doesn't really offer anything that I want, since I am more into aerobatics than scale WWI birds. There just aren't that many kits that are both available and something that I want. I imagine if either of those two companies would come out with new kits, then people would definitely buy them, but probably not enough to give a return on the manufacturers investment.