RE: ARF vs Kit
Clay, you have done a good job of putting your honesty into words.
I've been involved with model airplanes for some 56 years and have built more kits and done more scratch building than many on here. In the last 10 years I have assembled mostly ARF's. However, some of these have been modified to suit my taste.
I've seen people mess up ARF's just as bad as if they were building a kit. And I've also seen people that build good kits and also do an excellent job on an ARF. I have friends that think ARF's are the corruption of society. They only own scratch built planes and speak bad of ARF owners. It takes all kinds of people?