Building with new laser cut balsa is nice and the kits I have built have gone together very quickly. Some of the kits in the old days you had to do a lot of cutting because you had to replace parts that were not usable, or the die did not cut all the way through. But making your own patters and shaping all of your own parts can be fun also, especially when it come out nice, or flies well. But it takes time, and for some having time to build is not an option, and arfs fill that need for them.

I agree with this statement.

"The manufacturers who improved their kits will probably stay in business. Those who don't will fold. That's the way business goes. If those of us who love to build keep buying kits, we'll have a good supply into the future. If kits don't survive, then there's always the drawing board, plans and the woodpile." made by papermache