RE: ARF vs Kit
I don't have an outrageous number of planes but I do have to many planes to fly on a regular basis.
Even so, I like to get a new plane every now and then.
Building airplanes out of kits helps keep the collection from getting totally out of control.
I have a couple of ARFs and they are great in their own right too, it is just very easy to collect a lot of them very quickly.