i have to disagree. i am 28 years old i just got started in this hobby and my trainer was a pre assembled arf. i love to build and i am just getting started. i have only been in the hobby for four years and i am always eager to build above anything else. kits may disapear in 20 years but i doubt the whole hobby will be gone. i feel its actually entered a new era with electric powered planes and such. i think after kits disapear most will buy planes but alot will still build but scratch build instead. after i get some more experience building kits i plan to start scratch building. i want to have my first scratch build be the ultrasport 60. i have three or four sets of plans for planes. with your outlook on things you might as well quit and sell your stuff. i plan on keeping on flying and building sorry but life isnt as bad as all that.