RE: Is Kit Building Making a "Comeback"?
Sure hope so. If demand picks up, all the suppliers who said "there's no demand, if people ask for it we will make kits" will have to put up or shut up and we might get some decent new kits available.
To those thinking of a first build - just jump in and try it. Don't be intimidated by your lack of experience or the old line that you can't build as well as the ARF's are built. Of course you can't - you haven't tried yet. All of those veteran builders you see turning out works of art started in the same place you are at right now. It only takes the willingness to jump in and try. After a couple of kits, you will find you are building better than the ARF's AND you get to say "I built it myself" at the flying field. Once you have experienced the thrill of flying something you created with your own hands, the ARF experience will be decidely flat...
Mark