I think my case may reflect the position of a lot of other modelers out there. First, to answer your question, the problems I have with ARF kits are "all of the above". I am a bit of a perfectionist and I rarely find that an ARF meets my expectations - I have experienced at least one of the problems listed in all of my ARF kits. Having stated that, I have a "warehouse" of NIB ARFs in my basement along with some kits. I am not retired, I have a job, a house, kids......you know the story. I have very little time for building - let alone flying. I would like nothing more than to be able to kit or scratch build all of my planes and even have time left to fly them, but that just isn't going to happen - at least not in the near future. As a result, I like the idea of building ARFs to keep me flying while I take my time building kits. I should state here that I have not built a kit in a long time and I plan on getting back into this in the near future once I get a couple more ARFs together for my hangar. Heck, I don't even have enough time to get my ARFs together! ARFs in general have come a long way and I feel that they represent a very good value for your dollar (in most cases) so I am not going to bash them - they are here to stay I will always have some of them around. I have always been good with wood and fabricating things so I get a lot of enjoyment and "therapy" in building something like a kit. For that reason, I am hoping that I can get back to kit building soon while I fly my ARFs around.

Steve