Originally Posted by
Smokeyr67
Also, you can still buy balsa and ply, and build your own from plans, or buy a big box of wood (I think they’re still called “kits”) and build one of them.
I recently bought a full size plan of a vintage model. I also bought a "short kit". So it is all still very do-able. The engines are improved and the radios are improved. What's not to like? Yes the industry has change significantly but that is just life.