I recently purchased a Goldbery Sukohi and was pleasently surprized by the high quality of construction. During my modeling career I have scratch built, built from kits and now I'm into ARFs'. The reason why I have switched were caused by time and money. Have you seen the quailty and availabilty of balsa wood? ARFs come in many forms, from excellent to poor. Must available kits are fair in quality. By the time you assemble a kit it usually exceeds the cost of an ARF.
People at my local flying field are amazed by the beauty of the Sukohi and so am I. Goldberg has just released a Pitts ARF which I will probably purchase as my first biplane.