I have been out of the hobby for about 5 years and just recently returned to the hobby, I bought a 1/4 scale C/W Cub kit off of e-bay(see my thread). I went to the hobby shop the other day to pick up some supplies and I was disapointed to see that they no longer carry kits but had dozens of ARF's. To each his own but I personally will never own an ARF, I enjoy building as much if not more than flying. I guess I will just have to order all my kits from Tower[] I used to like to buy from the local hobby shops to help keep them in business, the guy told me that they can hardly give kits away anymore
Later!!
Anthony