I don't know if it would help, but you might try contacting Paul Swany (kits the Mojo series):

http://www.swanyshouse.com/

and Mike Pilkenton from OMP:

http://www.ohiomodelplanes.com/

about their experiences in the niche market, small volume kit manufacturer world. Both are operating small scale ventures (Swany, especially) that are successfully producing quality products in low volume numbers. You can find RCU user names and contacts in the Profile forum for both. As someone noted, a lot of the current kits are in the profile 3D market, with a number also coming in the classic pattern area as well. The mainstream market is completely dominated by ARF's, sad to say.


Mark