I'm half-and-half. I appreciate and own ARFs. They fill a need. But when I need to lose myself in a project to get away from work or worry it is with a kit, preferably bashed in some way so I have to work out a few kinks. That's the trouble, though. It may take me anywhere from three months to two years to diddle away on a kit. The ARFs get me out flying, and I confess I do "throw around" an ARF in maneuvers and altitudes I would not a cherished kit-built. But that's just me.

The part that slows me down is the hardware install, for some reason. Once I've assembled it "dry" in the bones it takes forever until I get to the point I'm ready to cover. I think maybe I'm afraid to seal off the harder to reach areas?? That, or I just love the looks of a balsa skeleton aircraft.