Bill,

No problem with your comments. I understand what you are saying and don't like to see more ARFs than kits too. ARFs do get a lot of people started in RC modeling. As people grow and develop, like me, they usually tend to want more scale and unique planes that cannot be found in an ARF. Kits will continue to be around for a long time. My personal preference is a plane with a glass fuz and built-up wings. I don't like building fuzes, but like building wings.

I have a DO 335 kit on my desk right now that I am 50% finished with. It's been there for a long time as I only spend a short time working on it every week. It also requires a lot of fabrication of parts too. It will be a great plane when it's done, but what a lot of work it is!

In regards to the shop, I am not speaking of myself, but other flyers in my club. I have a pretty nice shop to build in and have been building kits for about 25 years. Unfortunately my career and family take priority and my free time is much shorter. I would rather spend time flying ARFs than building. BTW I used to build recurve and longbows from scatch, so I know how to make stuff from scratch

Still, I have no urge to build a car from a kit and would rather get an RTD.