[dansls1]

Nice point of conversation. I haven't built any kits using laser cut frames yet - but plan to for my next build. And I agree that it's a short cut - but as Art Deco says - whatever makes it enjoyable.
Now pre-formed plastic canopies - I'm 100% for. I'm not ever going to try to form my own canopies because that's something that I wouldn't enjoy at all. So for me it's purchase canopies or do something else to simplify - but the idea of making a mold and forming plastic just doesn't excite me. Possibly because in college I spent time doing some pre-production automotive injection molding and vacu-forming so it turns out being too much like work I've had to do.