The EZ kits are well made but half of what's in there I wouldn't use - it just seems like "toy airplane" stuff to me. If you're going to task on an ARF, what's the point of one in the first place. Might as well build yourself a nice model with the proper materials and finish it the way you prefer - that printed paper stuff is for the birds if you ask me. Heck, I've got an EZ CAP which has printed fields on the wing bottom - but I'd be darned if I can get anyone else to recognize that!

The wing foam skins were also know to be particularly prone to damage and difficult to repair. I'll probably sell the EZ CAP and build one to my liking (well I guess I am in the process of that).

ARF's aside, I still think David will enjoy a hand crafted real airplane much more. With all due respect to Chip, build an original kit (better) and improve it, scratch build one (considerably better), or, a laser kit (much better).

Actually, to be perfectly honest, whenever I've bought an ARF, I lost interest in the model within a few days. I'm still trying to see if I can win that battle and get an ARF in the air.

David.