Well...I don't actually build kits...but I am starting a vintage Graupner Cirrus so that will change things.

Anyway, I do get lazy flying ARFs, blast them into the ground...then retreat for several weeks to rebuild them. It's the best of both worlds and I get that same response at the airfield cause they start to look like scratch builds. 6 fiberglass jobs, 4 wing reconstructions, desalination of electronics.

I have noticed the craftsmanship of the arf airplanes, often very nice, but not able to overcome the effects of kinetic energy and my slow moving exacto blade.

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