ORIGINAL: Stickbuilder
ORIGINAL: da Rock
Main difference in ARFs and kits?? Just been mentioned once. The size of the pieces you start out with.
Scratch builders start out with very few pieces.
Kit builders start out with a lot of pieces.
ARF builders start out with a few pretty large pieces.
Actually, this is a misleading statement. You can look at the kit version and the pre-built version of the same identical airplane, and you will find that the pre-built version has far fewer parts than does the kit. Bill, AMA 4720
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Actually, Bill, a scratch builder starts out using planks and sheets and makes his own pieces. But he really does start out with very few pieces, planks and sheets being the pieces.
And kit builders open up their kits to find lots of pieces all ready for them to start assembling.
And ARF builders open up their boxes to start out the assembly with some pretty large pieces. A ready made fuselage is one pretty big piece, wouldn't you say?
All three start out with some number of pieces they have to assemble. Some few, some large, some small.