Got to agree, My wife is a knitter. I tell her that the one good thing about knitting is that if you screw up, you can just pull it apart and re do it. You don't have to go out and buy new yarn. Actually, I am astounded at what come off those balls of yarn. I don't understand why every drawer in the house if full of yarn, when it could be full of Balsa and Lite ply. On the other hand, she doesn't understand why I've got boxes of "that wood" in the garage, "Why don't you throw that junk away"

You guys are going to love this. I sent my son some kits a couple years back. My grandson was bout 5 at the time and when my son opened the first kit, my grand son who was so excited got a sour look and said "Where's the plane"

I remember as a kid saving money for months to buy a kit and then be devestated because it was way beyond my ability to build. I had built a lot of Comet 10Cents kit and even a $1.00 kit once. That Catalina was beyond me. I also gave up on aCitaboria because it was to dificult. Lack of tools and knowing how to use them was the big issue. My tool kit at the time was limited to a couple double edge razor blades that had been broken in half length wise and some tape on the brokien side, and some sand paper. That was almost good enough for a Comet 10C kit, but not for the bigger ones.

I think that is probably why ARF's are so popular and Kits are falling by the way side. Younger guys don't have the room or tools to build. Us older guys usually have a little room and a lot of tools the we have collected over the years. We have learned to use them either from someone tutoring us or by the school of hard knocks. Lets face it, how many kids today graduate from high school who never saw a wood shop or metal shop class. Probably in the high 90% range. If their dad or uncle didn't have the skills, they were lost as to how to do much with their hands. Fast forward to today and well, it's a different world than the one I grew up in.

I can't fault the folks who fly only ARF's. Me, I like to smell the glue, not CAthough, and Ilike to cut and sand to fit. And I've got the tools to do it now.

Don