in my personal opinion what makes modeling so cool is you can do whatever you want... i mean the Ace Of Spades P-51D Mustang, and many of my other airplanes, are not out of the box... at all, in fact i probably don't even have a single plane in my collection that is out of the box. i mean sure i could totally do one... but this hobby is about having fun, and i have fun making models how i like to make them.. if ya like making models straight from the box, more power too you i'm all for it.

you see i don't want a carbon copy of everyone else airplane, i want my own personal creation, i dont want to make something someone has already probably ever made thousands of times, i want to make something of my own, thats why i don't build from the box.