At the advice of the guru's I bought and built my Tiger 2 as a kit, while I enjoyed building it I found myself getting very impatient at times that lead to a few mistakes.The fuse insisted on curving and if you look real close it is not perfectly true.

In actual cost it was about 60 dollars more then I could have assembled the arf version.(not counting tools) I loved covering with ultra. I hated my attempt with monokote.

I feel I understand more about the planes I love to fly.

I can absolutely see the benefits of building a kit. A perfect example is in my Tiger I was mounting a .61 engine on a 40 sized airframe, because it was a kit I could easily beef up the firewall and the sheeting behind it, I could fuel proof everything much easier. I also bought and used regular ply instead of the light ply stuff for gear mounting blocks.

I also feel that I know better what to look for that may need better supported or built up in an arf.

I have all the respect in the world for the guys that prefer to build from kits.

All of that being said I will likely not build another one from a kit. (ultrasport the exception) I do not really like the " grunt work" of servo and hardware mounting. BUT

I love flying my planes, an ARF gets me there faster.