Originally Posted By: hikermor
What appealed to me, and what has been true in my experience, is that components are available singly at much better prices than offered in the pre-assembled kits.

It has been my experience that if I try to go cheap, I'll either end up spending more money or get something inferior. The exception to that is if I have put a similar item together before or I have a model to copy.

Jeanette Isabelle
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