To me a KIT is nothing more than an ARF just more to do.
Scratch builder see there planes as beautiful works of art that they spent months working on.
I see another ARF that should have just taken a couple days.

And unless you have done all three I don't think you can understand what the difference really is.
I try and would just brag like heck on someones scrath built plane. Then wonder why someone would
spend that much time and effort to build a plane that does not TO ME look as good as my store bought
one that I slaved two days building. Now this is an honest answer or whatever.

Don't care that your plane is kit, scratch, foam, built from a balsa tree lets just fly the dang things
together and enjoy each our own.