RE: Prices?
I cannot imagine how could I get a decent arf with a price tag of under 500$...
Building the kit is definately more expensive than a 600$ quality arf.
You just can't buy a 300$ kit, build and cover it and still expect to be under 500$ total.
Just the 7 rolls of monokote will put you back like 150$ plus all the hardware etc.
In my opinion 600-700$ for a high quality arf is not much at all.