I say Lanier is one of the better kit makers but at the bottom of the barrel of the better ones. I have built one Lanier and one Goldberg, the Goldberg Ultimate kit I'm building right now. The Lanier kit was overall adequate. The parts could be made to work and the instructions gave adequate hints when used along with the plans to build the model. Compare this to a SIG kit where the parts are obviously and purposefully made, say if you pick out a piece you can tell it was specifically made to be rib #3 of the left wing. The Goldberg Ultimate is a recent laser cut kit. The laser cut parts have been very good and the wood has been very good except for one trailing edge which was shaped like half a figure 8. The fit has been good. They have substituted some 3/16" thick parts where the plans, manual and other parts require 1/8" thick. The parts can be made to work but whoever cut those parts was probably snickering about the extra sanding and clean up of sawdust the builder would have to do. The ply fuselage parts are typical Lanier, they can be made to work and appear to have been cut by a router with a broken screwdriver tip for a bit. The Goldberg manual is OK, it could easily be improved and really needs updated. All they have to do is offer me another Ultimate to build and I would update their manual. I won't buy another Lanier kit, but possibly another Goldberg.