some people would build a high end, super premium kit if it was the best available

ptmac, I think what he's saying is people would buy and build a kit that is "perfect" but costly over a kit that's slightly "imperfect" but costs less. He's intimating the decline of kit building is due to the quality of the kits available.

I don't agree with that line of thinking. Those people would simply buy ARFs instead. Some of us still love to build, however and would NEVER put an ARF into the air. However, neither would we pay more than a kit is worth. We'd buy plans and the wood from a wholesaler and scratch build it ourselves more cheaply.

There are plenty of high-end kits out there, as ptmac points out, so the market isn't really limited in that respect.

A kit is worth what it's worth. Having said what I did in my earlier post, I'll also say I'll compromise quality IF the kit is a plane I REALLY, REALLY want to build.

Dr.1