The king has no clothes....

With this thread on kits vs. ARF's it got me to thinking that the only difference between an ARF and a kit these days is who glued it up and covered it. - In a like vein the difference between a kit and scratch building is who has the plans and cut it. Before we hold a wake for building from kits we might just find a nice ship and scratch build it. I remember when I was a kid the old timers bemoaning that the 'new fangled' kits where going to doom 'real' builders, yet we survived. Yes, I scratch build scale, yes I love kits and yes I own and love ARF's too. Perhaps the hobby is doing OK...

quint