Has anyone else noted that the number of posts and new threads in the Kit Building forum appears to be increasing - could it be due to the time of the year or because more are becoming interested in kit building? What do you think?

Time of the year is my vote.

Yup, time of year.

Take another look in the Spring. You'll notice a sharp decline in post submissions.

Could be both. Although kits are getting harder to find, they are out there. I come to Florida for the winter, but it seems like "up North" is having a colder than usual winter.

I'm sure the time of year has something to do with it . With a 10% unemployment rate, maybe a few are building to kill time while looking for work ?

For me it is all of the above. It is winter time, I am new to building and enjoy it, and I am unemployed and it helps kill time. Even if i was employed and the weather was nice i still think I would be building. I know you can't beat the price of an ARF but there is a certain satisfaction in seeing your work come together.

Probably the time of the year. I know for me that when the snow breaks if I'm not working I'll be at the field...

When it's cold, I build.  When its warm I fly.  I love the seasons?

I build and fly nonstop year round. I love to build just as much as fly so if I am doing one or the other, I am having a good time!!

I haven't seen any real rise in the building over the years, it looks like it has been going down to me??? That's over all building though, even in the scratch building forum. Really hard to say, it has always gone up and down. I tend to build more in the summer months, I know, I'm odd. I just have a problem going out to the shop when it's dark outside?? My shop has heating and air so weather shouldn't bother me very much at all, I just like it more when the sun is shining.