Nice thread, but I think kit builders are "preaching to the choir" here! I don't have enough years in RC to miss a lot of bygone kits but I bet there are hundreds. One recent such kit death is the GP Trainer 40,which I heard was a great flyer. So much attention goes to what Tower is pushing on their first few full color pages, and of course, to ARFs. What happened to carl goldberg- I don't see their stuff in Tower's catalog.....To the poster with the smallish kit, that can be more frustrating I bet. I built a couple Guillows tissue kits last winter and found them a handful... Kits are so cost effective too if you devide the price by not only the hours enjoyed building, but also the many more hours dreaming,figuring,scheming about the various build issues.