Neil. Thank you for that and the colourful phrasing, I do hope you chirp up again and encourage others to do so.
I think by now everyone knows that kit 1 is the Emperor, Kit 2 is the Empress and way out in front, deservedly so is, Kit3 the Roman Harvest.
The RH was no better than the other kits, until David from Timberbits took it under his wing and evolved it to be the kit it is today, My opinion only but it knocks spots off anything available to us.
If you want a quality kit this is the best available although there is still room for further improvement and he does a blingless version, I have one if you wanna pic of it.
I would still like to see the plastic thread gone from the cap, I can't remember his reason for leaving it, perhaps Neil or someone may expand on that, perhaps it's an engineering thing or machine setup costs maybe.
I won't go into prices as they can change at a whim and other costs can be involved in getting it to you from anywhere.
This example goes to show that the manufacturers can be made to listen and adapt to demand, albeit at a cost but as has already been said you get what you pay for, or at least you should.
The people who so far have commented all know these kits and are fully aware of what they are getting but some of you newbies don't.
How do you feel about coming into this hobby and what do you foresee yourself doing / making, what do you want from it quality wise?
Your thoughts on the matter please.
Please continue to add your votes nw the kits have been named you can do your own research on them.