RE: Dwindling kit suppliers
Now you seem to be passing judgment on my, or John's (unsure whom you are talking about) use of punctuation.
I would say people choosing to drive automobiles caused buggies to loose favor! I would also say people choosing ARFs over kits is causing kits to loose favor! This ain't rocket surgery. Do I have to like it? No, I don't, that's my prerogative!
I like to build models, I am first and formost a modeler. I enjoy building more then flying and I do both well enough. I am having to adjust my way of thinking away from kits and am looking at and buying plans and will be building from scratch.
It is certainly peoples right to chose to do with their time as they wish. However, I see many times and many people claim they just don't have time, and know this is really an overused excuse and another way of making themselves look busier then they really are. I'm O.K. with them doing this, also. I just might not believe what they say.
For a person seeming to abhor judgmental people, you seem to be very judgemental.