Great post Paul. One other thing about building instead of ARF'ing is that for me, building is at least 1/2 of the hobby. To be quite honest, if I was only able to ARF, I probably wouldn't be in the hobby. I am one of those few who actually enjoy building the plane much more than flying it. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy flying, but if I was forced to choose to only build or only fly, I would pick only build. For a long time I looked at flying as a requirement to justify the time and cost of building. I have come to enjoy the flying aspect more than I used to, but building is what I love to do. It is fun to look at the photos I have taken of planes during the building processes and remember how much I enjoyed the build.