Sometimes it looks like kit building is becoming a lost art. Scratch building is dwindling fast, too. It's so sad. Many of the venerable legends of R/C are perhaps gone for good. I've never built an ARF for myself in over 20 years, and never will. I'll quit the hobby first. Kit building is fun and exciting. I fully understand how the plane is constructed. I oversee each step personally, so I know how it's built. I am able to re-engineer if necessary and to redesign if wanted. The work is mine, and to me, there's a lot of pride in that statement. If you see a kit, especially an older one, that you like, I'd snap it up.

Dr.1